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Aviation Security
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
Email Goof Exposes Whistleblower Problems at FAMS
December 8, 2008
POGO Releases Report on Air Marshal Problems with the OSC
November 25, 2008
POGO Letter to Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) Director Robert Bray regarding FAMS treatment of whistleblowers
November 25, 2008
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Experiences of Air Marshals Confirm Need for Reform at the OSC The Office of Special Counsel is the agency to which whistleblowers in the federal government must turn for help. This investigative report seeks not only to set the record straight on former Special Counsel Bloch's actual accomplishments, but also to provide lessons learned for the next Special Counsel. As a case study, POGO focused on the OSC's handling of federal air marshal cases for two reasons: President Bush has pointed to the critical role in homeland security played by air marshals, and Bloch himself has touted his work with air marshals as evidence of the success of his tenure. Despite contacting almost a dozen current and former air marshals who blew the whistle, POGO could not identify one instance in which the OSC upheld its responsibility to provide a secure whistleblower disclosure channel for the resolution of workplace improprieties, to protect whistleblowers from retaliation, and to hold accountable those responsible for whistleblower retaliation.
November 25, 2008
Terror, Where? The Homecoming
July 14, 2008
Department of Homeland Security Violates Whistleblower Protection Laws: TSA Fired Air Marshal for Exposing Operational Plan that Endangered Public Safety
October 30, 2006
POGO Calls for TSA to Open Up Pre-9/11 Security Information: Agency Needs to Open Information that Has Been Mislabeled as "Sensitive"
September 11, 2006
List of resources related to the policies and use of the Transportation Security Administration’s dubious Sensitive Security Information secrecy category
September 11, 2006
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Closes the Door on Accessing FOIA-able Information
August 31, 2005
Related Resources
Letter to POGO from FAMS Director Robert Bray concerning agency's treatment of whistleblowers
, Robert Bray, Director, Federal Air Marhal Service
December 9, 2008
POGO in the News
Whistle-blowers' rights get second look, By Peter Eisler, USA Today, March 15, 2010
Air marshal lawsuits sealed, By Jim Hannah, Cincinnati Inquirer, December 12, 2009
Did Fired OC Air Marshal Endanger Flying Public Or Protect It?, , Congressional Record, July 10, 2009
MSPB upholds firing of TSA whistleblower, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, June 29, 2009
A heavy price for speaking out, By Teri Sforza, The Orange County Register, May 15, 2009
Whistleblowers seek protection, By Audrey Hudson, Washington Times, February 2, 2009
Report: Whistleblower Office Fails to Protect Air Marshals, By Michael Grabell, ProPublica, November 25, 2008
Reid wants to expand whistle-blowers' rights , By Alan Maimon, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 17, 2008
President Bush, Indonesian President Hold Join Press Conference; Media Reports Say Powerful Senator Will Try To Bring Back Military Draft, , CNN American Morning, November 20, 2006
Air marshal's firing prompts whistleblower suit , By Stephen Losey, Federal Times, November 7, 2006
Air marshal's firing prompts whistleblower suit, By Stephen Losey, Federal Times, November 7, 2006
Court litigants must provide all 10 fingerprints to view information DHS deems sensitive, By Matthew M. Johnson, CQ Homeland Security, November 3, 2006
TSA Proposes Fingerprinting, Background Checks to Get Sensitive Information for Court Cases, By Matthew M. Johnson, CQ Homeland Security, November 1, 2006
Air marshal files suit to appeal firing for revealing information, By Stephen Losey, Federal Times, October 30, 2006
Ex-air marshal to sue over 'SSI' label, By Audrey Hudson, The Washington Times, October 30, 2006
NORAD had drills of jets as weapons, By Steven Komarow and Tom Squitieri,, USA Today, April 18, 2004
Pentagon Rejected Pre-911 Hijacking Exercise, by Eric Schmitt, New York Times, April 14, 2004
