MacDonald asked, What does it take to get fired by the federal government? The employee was not publicly identified except as a secretary to a train and engine crew in a report on the incident by Amtraks inspector general. The secretary was allowed to retire, rather than face administrative discipline, after the discovery that the employee had effectively been acting as an informant who regularly sold private passenger information since 1995 without Amtraks approval, according to a one-paragraph summary of the matter. On Monday, the office of Amtrak Inspector General Tom Howard declined to identify the secretary or say why it took so long to uncover the payments. DEA spokesman Matt Barden declined to comment. Passenger name reservation information is collected by airlines, rail carriers and others and generally includes a passengers name, the names of other passengers traveling with them, the dates of the ticket and travel, frequent flier or rider information, credit card numbers, emergency contact information, travel itinerary, baggage information, passport number, date of birth, gender and seat number. On Your World today, Neil Cavuto was joined by Jehmu Greene, Elizabeth MacDonald and Kennedy to discuss this unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars. Federal work is not a right and its not their own entitlement program ... Federal workers are more concerned about personnel rules than the taxpayer dollar, she added. When Cavuto noted the growing U.S. deficit and challenging economic situation, Greene agreed that she is not happy about the waste, but characterized this issue at the DEA as a few bad apples. Kennedy disagreed, saying, With the DEA, youre not talking about a couple of bad apples. This is a bad orchard. Watch the clip foxnewsinsider/2014/08/12/dea-paid-amtrak-800k-information-it-could-have-gotten-free
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:44:19 +0000
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