95 days ago by Annie Jacobsen

In my February column for Pajamas Media, I wrote about the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) extrajudicial investigation of Federal Air Marshal and whistleblower P. Jeffrey Black. Now, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants answers. At right is a photograph of P. Jeffrey Black and the ...

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111 days ago by wooftails

113 days ago by wooftails

MIAMI (CBS4) ― The CBS4 I-Team has discovered a potential device touted by its inventor as a way to save you the hassles of flying. The device is said to be convenient as a way to save you time when you’re trying to fly. but CBS4 I-Team investigator Stephen Stock found out the convenience comes with ...

118 days ago by Annie Jacobsen

I have a piece over at Pajamas Media called Homeland Security Meets The Sopranos : The Transportation Security Administration seems to have taken a page from the mob. “Revenge is a delicacy best served cold,” the mafia saying goes. Recent events involving the Department of Homeland Security — a CNN ...

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122 days ago by Annie Jacobsen

Here's an interesting still frame from CNN's news story of last week: TSA Launches Witch Hunt Against Federal Air Marshal Whistleblowers. This is the air marshal, in shadow, who authored an email encouraging fellow air marshals to talk to CNN about widespread agency corruption. Embarrassed, the TSA ...

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122 days ago by wooftails

THIS VIDEO HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE IF IT SAY’S IT HAS, JUST KEEP REFRESHING YOUR BROWSER TO WATCH IT. (CNN) — Federal officers charged with keeping terrorists off planes are now searching their own ranks for staff who told CNN that few flights were protected by air marshals. Iraq war veter ...

129 days ago by Annie Jacobsen

Tonight on Anderson Cooper 360°, CNN will air a Special Investigative Unit report on TSA's egregious investigation of former air marshal Jeffrey Denning. The investigation stems from an email forwarded from Denning's personal computer after he left the Federal Air Marshal Service and while he was se ...

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129 days ago by Annie Jacobsen

The Cincinnati field office for the Federal Air Marshal Service is now the subject of four federal lawsuits, including a salacious one. Nancy Leidner, the sole female air marshal stationed in Cincinnati, "claims that slanderous rumors were spread that she had stripped for a co-worker at his going-aw ...

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130 days ago by Marc Handelman

While not necessarily information security related, we thought this story important enough to comment on. The TSA reports on a world record in speed shooting, by a Federal Air Marshal. Held in Middlesex County, N.J., in mid-June, the event was earmarked by an outstanding performance by the New York ...

130 days ago by Annie Jacobsen

This didn't take long. The TSA has launched an investigation into former Federal Air Marshal and Iraq war veteran Jeffrey Denning in an attempt to discover who leaked information about a story CNN's Drew Griffin did a few months back — about how Air Marshals cover less than 1% of U.S. flights. I wro ...

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