WASHINGTON: The head of security for the US Transportation Security Administration has been replaced amid questions about why he was paid $90,000 in bonuses when airport security lines were growing, a congressional committee said on Monday.
“Kelly Hoggan has been removed from his position as head of security at TSA, following our hearing on May 12 on mismanagement at TSA,” the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced on its official Twitter account.
“Despite significant security vulnerabilities, TSA’s head of security took home $90,000 in bonuses over 13 months,” the committee — the House’s main investigative body — tweeted earlier this month, when it held a hearing on TSA’s operations.
Hoggan’s removal from the key intelligence division at the TSA, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, comes as wait times for security checks at US airports are prompting a public outcry.
“Obviously, waiting 3 hours for what may be a 2-hour flight or a 90-minute flight is not acceptable,” Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson said on May 13 after the hearing.
Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2016
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