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| 2015-12-07 | |||
[FREEBEACON] At least 72 employees at the Department of Homeland Security are listed on the U.S. terrorist watch list, according to a Democratic politician.
"Back in August, we did an investigation--the inspector general did--of the Department of Homeland Security, and they had 72 individuals that were on the terrorist watch list that were actually working at the Department of Homeland Security," Lynch told Boston Public Radio.
DHS continues to fail inspections aimed at determining the efficiency of its internal safety mechanisms, as well as its efforts to protect the nation. Lynch referred to a recent report that found the Transportation Security Administration, which is overseen by DHS, failed to stop 95 percent of those who attempted to bring restricted items past airport security. "We had staffers go into eight different airports to test the department of homeland security screening process at major airports. They had a 95 percent failure rate," Lynch said. "We had folks--this was a testing exercise, so we had folks going in there with guns on their ankles, and other weapons on their persons, and there was a 95 percent failure rate." Lynch said he has "very low confidence" in DHS based on its many failures over the years. For this reason, he voted in favor of recent legislation that will tighten the vetting process for any Syrian refugees applying for asylum in the United States. "I have very low confidence based on empirical data that we've got on the Department of Homeland Security. I think we desperately need another set of eyeballs looking at the vetting process," he said. "That's vetting that's being done at major airports where we have a stationary person coming through a facility, and we're failing 95 percent of the time." | |||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 "Low confidence" levels are an offshoot of inefficiency and poor quality control, which are hallmarks of unionized, big government. If one reads the original article on the WGBH site, the esteemed Member of Congress blames it all (besides on GWBush) on the TSA employees not being unionized. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-07 16:14 |
| #8 Politically Appointed Subject Matter Experts (PASME). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-12-07 14:50 |
| #7 Also known as SME's or Subject Matter Experts |
| Posted by: Everyday a Wildcat (KSU) 2015-12-07 12:56 |
| #6 We have top men on it. Top men. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-07 10:40 |
| #5 So, is the problem that Homeland Security employs people whom it should not, who should be on the No Fly list? Or that the No Fly list includes people it should not? (Or both?) The objection I have to Obama's call to prevent people on the No Fly list from obtaining guns is not with the guns part, but with the No Fly list part - there is no oversight on who gets put onto the list, and no appeal process if one is on it; in fact often one is not even permitted to find out one IS on the list - just that your NICS check fails. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-12-07 08:24 |
| #4 I think we desperately need another set of eyeballs looking at the vetting process That'd be another government agency, of course - The Department of Overseas Persons Selected for Entry (DOPSE) to the US. Pronounced just like dopes. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-12-07 08:01 |
| #3 No wonder I remembered that earlier Rantburg post on this same issue. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-07 04:28 |
| #2 This is not news. See this PDF issued June 2015. A quote from the PDF: "our testing showed that TSA did not identify 73 individuals with terrorism-related category codes. According to TSA data, these individuals were employed by major airlines, airport vendors, and other employers. TSA did not identify these individuals through its vetting operations because it is not authorized to received all terrorism-related categories under current interagency watchlisting policy. Excluded categories [REDACTED] TSA acknowledged that these individuals were cleared for access to secure airport areas despite representing a potential transportation security threat." I have a vague recollection this OIG report has already been mentioned on the Burg back around June 2015. MSM and the usual pundits seem to have ignored the findings. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-07 04:22 |
| #1 Lynch said he has "very low confidence" in DHS "Low confidence" levels are an offshoot of inefficiency and poor quality control, which are hallmarks of unionized, big government. Efficient organizations on the other hand, maximize individual pride in workmanship and production. Efficient organizations reward accomplishment and excellence while weeding out unproductive elements and poor practices. When was the last time you heard about big government weeding out unproductive employees? It simply does not happen. Big government budgets are based, not on production numbers, big government budgets are based upon numbers of employees, and more and bigger government. Big government is about inclusion and control, not efficient, cost saving production. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-12-07 03:56 |