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In 2003, MacLean received an alarming emergency alert from the Department of Homeland Security, detailing a “specific and imminent terrorist threat focused on long-distance flights – a more ambitious, broader-scale version of the 9/11 plot,” according to court briefs. Within 48 hours, he got an unencrypted text message from the Transportation Security Administration scrapping all overnight missions and telling air marshals to cancel hotel reservations immediately to save money on hotel rooms.
That, MacLean thought, was crazy. He protested up the food chain, got nowhere, and finally shared the information with a reporter from MSNBC. Fallout was fast and furious: Lawmakers decried the cost-cutting idea as foolish, officials backtracked and overnight missions for air marshals continued as usual.
Three years later, MacLean’s bosses discovered he was the source of the leak. The message he shared was retroactively stamped “sensitive security information,” and MacLean was fired.
100 percent vindication Ladera Ranch air marshal fired for whistleblowing wins another ruling - The Orange County Register
DHS has 14 days.
That, MacLean thought, was crazy. He protested up the food chain, got nowhere, and finally shared the information with a reporter from MSNBC. Fallout was fast and furious: Lawmakers decried the cost-cutting idea as foolish, officials backtracked and overnight missions for air marshals continued as usual.
Three years later, MacLean’s bosses discovered he was the source of the leak. The message he shared was retroactively stamped “sensitive security information,” and MacLean was fired.
100 percent vindication Ladera Ranch air marshal fired for whistleblowing wins another ruling - The Orange County Register
DHS has 14 days.
