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In this April 28, 2015, photo, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the department. The Obama administration is on pace to deport the fewest number of immigrants in nearly a decade. Federal immigration officials have sent home about 127,000 people as of mid-April. That&#8217;s about 19,730 people a month since the government&#8217;s fiscal year started in October. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Homeland Security to revise airport security after report

Associated Press

Airline passenger Tom Reichert waits in the lobby of the new Transportation Security Administration application site at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Feb. 19, 2015. Reichert was preparing to sign up for an expedited screening program that allows travelers to leave on their shoes, light outerwear and belt, keep their laptop in its case and have permitted liquids in a carry-on. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **

TSA inspector general ‘deeply concerned’ about agency’s ability to keep passengers safe

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, passenger Don Heim, right, of Alpharetta, Ga., is briefed by Transportation Security Administration trainer Byron Gibson before going through a new expedited security line at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. The news that a man flew from Liberia to the U.S. after exposure to Ebola, and wound up in a hospital isolation ward, has led to calls for tougher measures to protect Americans, such as a ban on flights from countries hit by the epidemic. Federal health officials and airlines have dismissed any risk to passengers who flew with the man last month and say they are protecting travelers by screening passengers and wiping down airplane cabins nightly. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

TSA doesn’t know which screening equipment works or needs repair: Watchdog

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A TSA agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport in Chicago. Two TSA managers say they were punished after exposing major security problems at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. (Associated Press)

Obama oversees surge in whistleblower complaints; TSA managers latest to claim retaliation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger, Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, salutes in front of other members of the Coast Guard during the presentation of the colors before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park in Washington on Aug. 6, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama names Coast Guard official to head TSA

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Volunteers pass through the first full body scanner, which uses backscatter technology, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 10, 2010. Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the X-ray scanners will be gone by June 2013 because the company that makes them can't fix the privacy issues. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Sexual harassment by Denver TSA screeners

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Airline passenger Tom Reichert is digitally fingerprinted in the new Transportation Security Administration application site at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

New service to speed some travelers’ security checks at BWI

Associated Press

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul speaks in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 4, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ron Paul: ‘More terrorist attacks have been thwarted by airline passengers than by the TSA’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

This undated image released by the Transportation Security Administration shows a sign promoting the TSA PreCheck program at at Reagan National Airport in Washington. (AP Photo/TSA) ** FILE **

TSA plan to outsource PreCheck airport program raises security, privacy concerns

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Travelers wait in security checkpoint lines before boarding planes at Reagan National Airport in Washington on Feb. 25, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Guns seized at U.S. airports in 2014 at record high

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

"I have repeatedly made clear that profiling by law enforcement is not only wrong, it is profoundly misguided and ineffective," said Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.. "Particularly in light of certain recent incidents we've seen at the local level, and the widespread concerns about trust in the criminal justice process, it's imperative that we take every possible action to institute strong and sound policing practices." (Associated Press)

Racial profiling guidelines slammed as overly broad, full of loopholes

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein holds up a credit card style folding knife during a news conference at John. F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. The Transportation Security Administration displayed thousands of items on Tuesday that were confiscated from carry-on bags over three months at New York's Kennedy Airport. As the chaotic holiday travel season approaches, the agency wanted to remind the public what carry-on items were no-no's. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

TSA: Ice skates OK on plane; fake saw stays home

By TED SHAFFREY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012, file photo, passengers queue up for a security check at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China. The Transportation Security Administration is requiring passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights to power on their electronic devices, the agency said Sunday, July 6, 2014. It says devices that won’t power up won’t be allowed on planes, and those travelers may have to undergo additional screening. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

TSA: OK to bring your ice skates on the plane

By Ted Shaffrey - Associated Press

Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole announced his retirement Tuesday after leading the agency for more than four years. (Associated Press)

TSA chief John Pistole steps down after difficult 4 years

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - in this Nov. 14, 2013 file photo, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pistole, says he will retire at the end of this year. Pistole, who was the agency&#8217;s administrator for four and a half years, instituted a &#8220;risk-based&#8221; security philosophy that has enabled the agency to move passengers deemed to be low risk through airport screening more quickly. The Trusted Traveler Program is used by 5 million passengers per week at 120 U.S. airports. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

John Pistole, head of TSA, to retire at end of year

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

TSA agents man the checkpoint for pre-cleared passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson) ** FILE **

TSA agents spill ashes of dead mother during urn search

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on disbanding the TSA by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

HALL: Streamlining airport security

By Abigail R. Hall

A health worker is sprayed with disinfectant after he worked with patients that contracted the Ebola virus, at a clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Border closures, flight bans and mass quarantines are creating a sense of siege in the West African countries affected by Ebola, officials at an emergency African Union meeting said Monday, as Senegal agreed to allow humanitarian aid pass through its closed borders. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Homeland Security unprepared for pandemic, watchdog says

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

TSA agents man the checkpoint for pre-cleared passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson) ** FILE **

Security workers find loaded gun at Omaha airport

Associated Press

Volunteers pass through the first full body scanner, which uses backscatter technology, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 10, 2010. Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the X-ray scanners will be gone by June 2013 because the company that makes them can't fix the privacy issues. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The naked truth about airport screening

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES