EVEN UNDER THE UR, GOVERNMENT HASN'T BECOME SO BIG...:

White House Scrambles to Fill TSA Vacancy (Keith Johnson, 3/29/10, WSJ)

The TSA has been without a full-time boss for more than a year, even as attempted terrorist attacks, such as the Christmas Day underwear bomber, have highlighted the ongoing vulnerability of commercial aviation.

Gen. Harding was the second to withdraw his nomination to the post under theObama administration; Erroll Southers pulled out in January after coming under fire from Republican lawmakers. A White House spokesman declined to say when the administration would nominate another candidate to head the TSA.

Former security officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the TSA said they aren't aware of any particular names that might be on the administration's short list.

...that they can have run out of incompetents to staff the Administration.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 29, 2010 5:56 AM