The head of the federal agency created after 9/11 to protect the
nation’s transportation system is accused of fraud, waste, and abuse of
authority for unlawfully deploying assets to the Mexican border to perform
duties unrelated to transportation, according to a report filed with the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General.
The
Transportation Security Administration is receiving $400 million for
employee pay raises, $61 million more to hire employees, and expanded
collective bargaining rights, which could lead to future pay
increases. The pay raises come on the heels of a recent report that
noted numerous problems with the TSA.
Persistent misconduct by managers at the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) often goes unpunished and whistleblowers who report it
as well as airport safety risks are penalized by senior officials, a
bipartisan congressional investigation has concluded.
The
head of the federal agency created after 9/11 to protect the nation’s
transportation system is accused of fraud, waste, and abuse of authority
for unlawfully deploying assets to the Mexican border to perform duties
unrelated to transportation, according to a report filed with the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General.
The
agency charged with preventing another 9/11 issued more than 2,700 warning
notices and over 900 civil penalties against passengers who violated the
mask mandate, the probe found. The average fine was $699.
