TSA turbulence grips Logan, nation

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http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100103tsa_turbulence_grips_logan_nation_lynn_couple_accused_in_airport_id_theft_case/srvc=home&position=also

A recent data breach at Logan International Airport involving a TSA
contract worker, coming amid other high-profile Transportation
Security Administration lapses, casts another cloud over a federal
agency engulfed in turmoil.

In the latest snafu, a Lynn couple is due back in court Wednesday,
accused of selling the identities of at least 16 TSA workers at Logan.
The ID data was taken by a female TSA contract worker who is related
to one of the two Lynn suspects, according to a police report and
sources.

The breach drew criticism from at least one security expert.

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In the Logan case, it is alleged that Tina M. White, 46, and Michael
J. Washington, 48, got the stolen TSA employee names from Washington’s
niece, a contract clerical worker in the TSA human resources
department at Logan. She no longer works there.

The couple sold the names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth
for $40 each to a contact who set up phony cable, gas and cell phone
accounts, according to an affidavit in Lynn District Court.

The fraud started in November 2008 and continued through 2009.
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