Obama’s Second T.S.A. Nominee Withdraws

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Source: The New York Times

President Obama’s choice to lead the agency that guards United States airports abruptly withdrew his nomination on Friday night amid questions about his work as a defense contractor, the second time the White House has lost a nominee for the critical security post.

Maj. Gen. Robert A. Harding, a retired Army intelligence officer, was selected to take over the Transportation Security Administration, or T.S.A., just two and a half weeks ago, following the withdrawal of Mr. Obama’s first pick under fire.

No third choice was announced, and the back-to-back failed nominations mean that the job is likely to remain unfilled for months to come.

General Harding’s bid came unraveled after reports that his firm collected more federal money than it was entitled to for providing interrogators in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/us/27tsa.html

[pundaint]

1. Nice vetting...again

[No Elephants]

5. Does it take more than Google these days?

I asked a similar question about Bushco's first two nominees for chief of Homeland Security.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

2. no honest man will take this job,

so this shouldn't come as a surprise,

[No Elephants]

6. Meh. I think no one in D.C. knows honest people.

(BTW, no reason head of TSA has to be male.)

[hunter]

8. Nor would any dishonest man who has any sense.

Obama needs to be looking for a corporate axeman type who can shut the place down and then move on.

[panzerfaust]

3. So, why would the GOP not support him

as he apparently shares their values?

[ixion]

4. Disband the TSA and DHS, and restore the US Republic

that would be some nice change.

[No Elephants]

7. Not right wing enough for today's Pub Lite Democratic Party.

[boppers]

12. Privatize security?

Or just give up on it?

[Bill McBlueState]

9. three strikes and the agency is disbanded

That should be in the Constitution somewhere.

[Ian David]

10. Too much baggage. n/t

[Jennicut]

11. Easy solution, get rid of the TSA. Can't airport security be combined with something else?

Homeland security?
The TSA is beyond a mess and it seems no one really truly wants the job.