GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: TSA employee arrested at Buffalo airport

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal

02March2011 9:08amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Transportation Security Administration employee was charged Tuesday with helping an alleged drug kingpin and other suspect travelers evade security at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Minnetta Walker, 43, of Buffalo was suspended from her job as a behavioral detection officer for the TSA and pleaded not guilty to federal charges.

Walker "is accused of permitting a certain traveler to travel under a false name and also helping people get through the scanning features of the Buffalo airport," U.S. Attorney William Hochul said, "including the scanning of luggage and the scanning of people."

Hochul would not comment on whether Walker, a nine-year TSA employee, received any money in return. (read full report)

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