>After Security Lapses at Newark Airport, TSA Official in Charge Promoted to HQ Post
Thursday, April 21, 2011
By Edwin Mora
More than 33 million passengers moved through Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey in 2009.
(CNSNews.com) – The Transportation Security Administration appointed as a senior adviser at its D.C. headquarters an official who requested reassignment after quitting as federal security director of Newark Liberty International Airport, following a string of security lapses.
Barbara Powell, who served as TSA’s security director at the New Jersey airport since July 2007, has been promoted to the post of “senior adviser in the Office of Human Capital,” TSA said in a statement this week.
Before she left the Newark post, Powell was reportedly the subject of a blistering internal critique that found “inconsistent leadership” under her watch and “a work environment that is often fueled by fear of reprisal and retaliation.”
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