--Boundary_(ID_6vh54NuPxGZeqCkNHjVfSQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable On Jul 16, 2004, at 11:15 AM, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > ...To allow this group of 14 people to board the aircraft without =20 > additional screening is criminal. And who do we have to thank for =20 > this? An idiot named Norman Mineta. He has no business being in =20 > charge of the Department of Transportation. President Bush was wrong =20= > in keeping him as the Secreatary of Transportation. You're entitled to your opinions, but your statements should at least =20= be accurate. http://www.dot.gov/affairs/mineta.htm Norman Y. Mineta became the 14th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on =20 January 25, 2001. In nominating him, President Bush said, =93Norm made a reputation in = the =20 halls of Congress as someone who understands that a sound =20 infrastructure in America will lead to economic opportunity for all =20 Americans.=94 ... Prior to joining President Bush=92s administration as Secretary of =20 Transportation, Mineta served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under =20 President Clinton, becoming the first Asian Pacific American to serve =20= in the cabinet. He is the first Secretary of Transportation to have =20 previously served in a cabinet position. Prior to joining the Commerce =20= Department, he was a vice president at Lockheed Martin Corporation. FYI, Rod Slater was Transportation Secretary before Norm Mineta. http://isweb.tasc.dot.gov/Historian/bios.htm Rodney Earl Slater (February 14, 1997-January 20, 2001) Appointed by William J. Clinton Maybe you meant, but didn't say, why Bush kept him - after something. =20= Like after 9/11? My read of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) Public =20= Law 107-71 tells me the TSA took over screening and security from DOT =20= (on November 19, 2001), so I'm not sure why you blame Mineta for not =20 requiring additional screening on June 29, 2004. I don't think any =20 Secretary of Transportation could require that right now on his or her =20= own - only the head of Homeland Security or official within TSA. http://www.tsa.gov/public/interweb/assetlibrary/=20 Aviation_and_Transportation_Security_Act_ATSA_Public_Law_107_1771.pdf I'm not a government employee, by the way, and have no vested interest =20= in Mineta or Bush, for that matter.=20= --Boundary_(ID_6vh54NuPxGZeqCkNHjVfSQ) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable On Jul 16, 2004, at 11:15 AM, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: <excerpt>...To allow this group of 14 people to board the aircraft without additional screening is criminal. And who do we have to thank for this? An idiot named Norman Mineta. He has no business being in charge of the Department of Transportation. President Bush was wrong in keeping him as the Secreatary of Transportation. </excerpt> You're entitled to your opinions, but your statements should at least be accurate. http://www.dot.gov/affairs/mineta.htm <fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><x-tad-smaller>Norman Y. Mineta became the 14th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on January 25, 2001. In nominating him, President Bush said, =93Norm made a reputation in the halls of Congress as someone who understands that a sound infrastructure in America will lead to economic opportunity for all Americans.=94</x-tad-smaller></fontfamily> ... <fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><x-tad-smaller> Prior to joining President Bush=92s administration as Secretary of Transportation, Mineta served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Clinton, becoming the first Asian Pacific American to serve in the cabinet. He is the first Secretary of Transportation to have previously served in a cabinet position. Prior to joining the Commerce Department, he was a vice president at Lockheed Martin = Corporation.</x-tad-smaller></fontfamily> FYI, Rod Slater was Transportation Secretary before Norm Mineta. http://isweb.tasc.dot.gov/Historian/bios.htm = <bold><fontfamily><param>Times</param><color><param>3333,6666,9999</param>= <bigger><bigger>Rodney Earl Slater (February 14, 1997-January 20, = 2001)</bigger></bigger></color><bigger><bigger> <color><param>3333,6666,9999</param> Appointed by William J. = Clinton</color> </bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold>Maybe you meant, but didn't say, why Bush kept him - after something. Like after 9/11?=20 My read of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) Public Law 107-71 tells me the TSA took over screening and security from DOT (on November 19, 2001), so I'm not sure why you blame Mineta for not requiring additional screening on June 29, 2004. I don't think any Secretary of Transportation could require that right now on his or her own - only the head of Homeland Security or official within TSA. = http://www.tsa.gov/public/interweb/assetlibrary/Aviation_and_Transportatio= n_Security_Act_ATSA_Public_Law_107_1771.pdf I'm not a government employee, by the way, and have no vested interest in Mineta or Bush, for that matter.=20= --Boundary_(ID_6vh54NuPxGZeqCkNHjVfSQ)--