"TSA's No. 2 official says he's leaving"

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

TSA's No. 2 official says he's leaving 
The Seattle (WA) Times

 
Stephen McHale, the No. 2 official at the Transportation Security
Administration, said yesterday he will leave the federal agency later
this month to pursue private opportunities. 

McHale, TSA's deputy administrator, has worked at TSA since January
2002, just two months after the agency's creation following the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. 

He oversaw the hiring of 158 federal security directors who manage the
security efforts at the nation's airports, and the hiring of thousands
of security screeners. Before working at TSA, he had worked in the
federal government for 23 years. 

Members of Congress in recent months have criticized TSA, saying it has
performed no better than private screeners before Sept. 11. 

TSA's chief of staff, Carol DiBattiste, will become acting deputy
administrator. 


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