Taking bribes – This is betrayal, this is treason, this is discrimination

Taking bribes – This is betrayal, this is treason, this is discrimination

Taking bribes to allow drugs, people, bombs, guns, weapons is now known to be going on, or at least we know about the drugs. But what happens when TSA supervisors and management point the finger at the orthodox Jew, because he stereotypical cannot be trusted when it comes to money, and would surely be the first to take a bribe. What happens when they harass the Jew every day, saying “I don’t trust you”, “I know you would take a bribe”, “I don’t trust Jews”. Coincidentally this happened at  Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the same airport that bribes did occur.

While the discrimination’s were reported every day, the submitted complaint forms were destroyed, while the verbal complaints were ignored.

While taking bribes really happened at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the orthodox Jew was not involved in taking bribes. The Jew was involved with being discriminated against.

 

The L.A. investigation turned on a bungled drug shipment that led to an arrest, and information that TSA screeners were taking bribes to let parcels of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana through security.
FORMER TSA CHIEF KIP HAWLEY
“If people are taking money to let drugs through, they might as well potentially let explosives through or people through or anything for that matter,” said Hawley. “This is betrayal, this is treason, this is against the whole fabric of what the agency is about and the people are about.”
“This is about as bad as it gets,” says Kip Hawley, who ran the TSA for nearly four years, “because it’s compromising security and could potentially endanger the flying public.” He also says the agency needs an overhaul.
TSA FEDERAL SECURITY DIRECTOR (FSD) (LAX) RANDY PARSONS
 “TSA has assured the investigating agencies we will do everything we can to assist in their investigation,” said Randy Parsons, TSA Federal Security Director at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). “While these arrests are a disappointment, TSA is committed to holding our employees to the highest standards.”
U.S. ATTORNEY ANDRE BIROTTE JR.
“The allegations in this case describe a significant breakdown of the screening system through the conduct of individuals who placed greed above the nation’s security needs,” said U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr.
“Airport screeners act as a vital checkpoint for homeland security, and air travelers should believe in the fundamental integrity of security systems at our nation’s airports,” said United States Attorney Andre Birotte Jr.

André Birotte Jr was sworn in as United States Attorney for the Central District of California on March 4, 2010.

Prior to his appointment to this post, Mr. Birotte was the Inspector General of the Los Angeles Police Commission since 2003.

He holds an undergraduate degree from Tufts University and a law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. Following law school, he worked as a deputy public defender in Los Angeles, where he represented indigent clients charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses in more than 30 trials.

He joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 1995 where for four years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney he investigated and prosecuted numerous violent crime, fraud and narcotics trafficking cases. He then joined the litigation firm of Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, representing clients in white-collar crime and commercial litigation cases.

He is a member of the Langston Bar Association, serving on its board of directors from 1992 through 2003. He also serves as a judge pro tem for the Los Angeles Superior Court. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Judicial Appointments Committee and Criminal Justice Executive Committee. He has taught legal writing and advocacy at the University of Southern California Law School.

 

U.S. ATTORNEY DAVID HERZOG
“The timing was critical because the screener had to be on the X-ray monitor at the exact moment that the courier put the bag with the drugs on the X-ray conveyor belt,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney David Herzog.
ROONEY
“We’ve have yet to hear from the four TSA screeners or their lawyers,” said Rooney. “They have not been arraigned yet. The TSA issued a statement saying that the actions of a few are deplorable and obviously it taints the entire organization. We should say there has been some critical testimony in front of Congress about TSA hiring practices. They’ve had a lot of turnover and maybe an unordinary number of firings.”