Obama’s TSA Nominee: War on Terror ‘Deserves to Perhaps Have Some Parity With Global Warming’

Matt Cover
CNSNews
January 20, 2010

[efoods]Erroll Southers, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), said the war on terror should be given “some parity” with other national priorities such as global warming, education, and the economy.

The TSA, an element of the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for the security of U.S. transportation systems, including commercial aviation. Southers made his remarks in a 2008 video interview with the Videojug.com Web site.

In the online interview, Southers was asked, “How high should the ‘war on terror’ be on our list of national priorities?”

Southers answered: “It should be high on our list of priorities because of, speaking globally, the threat that exists. Due to connectivity that we have with countries such as Israel, France, countries that are seen by groups, by Al Qaeda as being infidels or anti-Islamic, by the true nature of our alliance with them means that we are subject to being attacked as well.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 1:52 pm

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