Congress — in the form of The House Homeland Security Security Committee — will hold hearings next week, seeking answers as to why TSA Chiefs encouraged inter-agency cheating on tests designed to see if security procedures are working. TSA Chief Administrator Kip Hawley and TSA Chief of Security Mike Restovich will be called to testify. Chris Joyner of the Mississippi Clarion Ledger has the story:

Committee officials confirmed today that TSA administrator Kip Hawley and Mike Restovich, assistant administrator of TSA's Office of Security Operations, will be called to testify Nov. 14 about a memo Restovich wrote giving a detailed warning of an airport security test.  

Residents of Mississippi have a stake in the matter. According to Joyner, DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner is investigating all levels of management of TSA at the Jackson-Evers International Airport. Apparently, there been cheating going on with security testing there as well. 

Skinner opened an investigation after current and former employees at Jackson-Evers International Airport claimed they received regular, detailed warnings of upcoming tests where undercover federal agents would attempt to smuggle guns and other dangerous contraband past screeners. In an interim report, the Inspector General's office determined that warnings were coming from all levels of TSA in Jackson. 

Didn't someone once say leadership starts at the top? 

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