dollarvigilante.com / Wendy McElroy / February 12, 2015
Changes within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) should prompt you to reconsider the wisdom of crossing into or out of the United States. The TSA is slowly turning from counter-terrorism to criminal law enforcement, which will include the pursuit of tax violaters. And you may not be able to rely on the agency’s notorious incompetence for much longer.
Meet the New Sheriff. Not Quite like the Old
John Pistole stepped down as head of the TSA on December 31, leaving an acting administrator to keep the seat warm. On February 3, Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus,NY) conducted his first hearing as chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security. News reports glowed about his ‘performance’, saying “Katko looked as if he’s done this before.” All signs point to Katko becoming a new power player behind the TSA.
The man is a hard-liner with a mandate. The freshly-elected Katko is an award-winning federal prosecutor who secured his Congressional seat by a staggering 20 percentage points of the vote even though his democratic opponent overspent him by millions. After his first subcommittee hearing, Katko explained that his training in the US Attorney General’s Office made heading the subcommittee “a very easy transition.”
Having been a prosecutor also defines his vision of the TSA and whom its agents should target. Pistole had publicly stressed the need to control terrorists. Katko now publicly calls for the detection and detention of anyone suspected or guilty of committing a crime…any crime. Only one month into his stint at the House of Representatives, Katko has introduced two bipartisan bills aimed at reforming the TSA…
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