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2015-12-07 Home Front: WoT

72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List

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Posted by Fred 2015-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#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|| 2015-12-07 03:56|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-12-07 04:22|| Front Page Top

#3 No wonder I remembered that earlier Rantburg post on this same issue.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-07 04:28|| 2015-12-07 04:28|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-12-07 08:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-12-07 08:24|| Front Page Top

#6 We have top men on it. Top men.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-12-07 10:40|| 2015-12-07 10:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Also known as SME's or Subject Matter Experts

Posted by Everyday a Wildcat (KSU) 2015-12-07 12:56|| 2015-12-07 12:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Politically Appointed Subject Matter Experts (PASME).

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-12-07 14:50|| 2015-12-07 14:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-12-07 16:14|| Front Page Top

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