{"id":115712,"date":"2014-05-01T17:56:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T17:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=115712"},"modified":"2014-05-01T17:56:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T17:56:57","slug":"senator-blasts-tsa-fast-food-joints-better-employee-background-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/senator-blasts-tsa-fast-food-joints-better-employee-background-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Blasts TSA: Fast Food Joints Do Better Employee Background Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Watson\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The TSA has an annual budget of over SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS, yet this is not enough to do proper background checks on it\u2019s employees, according to agency head John Pistole.<\/p>\n

Appearing before the\u00a0Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation<\/a>\u00a0this week, Pistole faced a grilling from Senators over the Administration\u2019s dodgy employee track record, and its ability to keep Americans safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cDHS (Department of Homeland Security) officials have told us that job applicants in the fast-food industry typically undergo a more robust background check than applicants for a TWIC card,\u201d said Senator Mark Warner, referring to the TSA-issued Transportation Worker Identity Credential.<\/p>\n

Warner, a Virginia Democrat,\u00a0cited a case<\/a>\u00a0involving a truck driver who used his TWIC to gain entry into a Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia last month where he shot a Navy security officer dead. The shooter, Jeffrey T. Savage, has a violent criminal history, including a previous manslaughter conviction.<\/p>\n

Astoundingly, he was able to clear the TSA\u2019s screening process. Once a person is initially cleared, the system is only updated if cleared personnel self-report any additional criminal incidents, something violent criminals tend not to do.<\/p>\n

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee followed up the line of questioning:<\/p>\n

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