Sen. Johnson: cutting TSA workforce ‘didn’t work out very well’

Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_securityImage Caption: JohnsonBy Steve BittenbenderEditor, Government Security NewsIn opening a hearing Tuesday that looked into how the Transportation Security Administration handles passenger screenings, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee admitted that the agency was understaffed.“The fact that we consciously made a decision to decrease the number of TSA workers obviously didn’t work out very well,” said U.S.