
“A convicted TSA security officer says he was part of a ‘culture’ of indifference that allowed corrupt employees to prey on passengers’ luggage and personal belongings with impunity, thanks to lax oversight and tip-offs from TSA colleagues. Pythias Brown, a former TSA officer at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey who admits he stole more than $800,000 worth of items from luggage and security checkpoints over a four-year period. Brown is one of almost 400 TSA officers who have been fired for stealing from passengers in the past decade.”
Related posts:
U.S. military plans to build drone base in North Africa
Police blame 'poor lighting' after killing innocent grandfather, 72, while searching the wrong home
Google patents software that can intelligently identify any object on the planet
U.S. won't stop Native Americans from growing, selling pot on their lands
Indefinite Detention and the NDAA: The rise of America’s imperial presidency
ECB Said to Consider Minus 0.1 Percent Deposit Rate
Codename 'Apalachee': How America Spies on Europe and the UN
Turkey becomes partner of China, Russia-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
U.S. developed ‘tsunami bomb’ during World War II
China downgrades U.S. credit rating, accuses of 'holding world hostage'
India Sets Norms to Open $20 Billion REIT Market
Cop Sexually Assaults Woman, Then Arrests Her For Protesting The Assault
'Seasteads' offer libertarians the vision of floating cities for the future
More Africans leaping Spanish border fence to enter Europe
Homeland Security increases security for some U.S.-bound flights