TSA in Turmoil: “I Would Love to see the Truth, the Whole Truth, to Come Out”
• Robert Henry’s family still has questions about his death. His airport access badge was initially unaccounted for.
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• Robert Henry’s family still has questions about his death. His airport access badge was initially unaccounted for.
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• TSA Officer Rob Henry was in the headlines worldwide when he jumped to his death at Orlando International Airport in February.
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• Investigators were unable to corroborate specific allegations that a Transportation Security Administration supervisor instructed air marshals to racially discriminate against passengers at Florida’s busiest airport.
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• Workers who are contracted out by private companies to handle luggage and push wheelchairs at Orlando International Airport rallied today for a living wage.
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• Every international gate at Orlando’s main airport will soon use facial recognition to verify all travelers’ identities, including U.S. citizens. Orlando International Airport will spend around $4 million for 30 facial I.D. kiosks that use U.S. Customs and Border Protection algorithms to identify passengers from a database of millions of government-issued image sources like passports, visas and drivers’ licenses. Security agencies say facial recognition is more convenient than other biometric identifiers because it doesn’t require physical contact, like fingerprint scanners. But convenience could come at the cost of accuracy. A 2017 report from the Georgetown Center on Privacy and Technology says the Department of Homeland Security’s airport facial recognition systems erroneously reject as many as one in 25 travelers with …
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• The American Federation of Government Employees is calling on TSA to take action to end the pattern of bullying and retaliation described in a Spectrum News 13 report.
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• Changes are focused around the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport Hotel.
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