TSA Creator John Mica Pushes Jurisdictional Boundaries And Privatization

WASHINGTON — The powerful chairman of a key congressional committee is expected to release another scathing report on the federal agency that protects the nation’s airports as early as this week.

The only problem is that Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) doesn’t have any legal jurisdiction over the Transportation Security Administration. As he often notes, he did help create his “little bastard child” — but the committee he now heads, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I), is no longer the boss of the TSA…

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