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Apr 7, 2019, 8:38 pm
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Ari
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Apr 7, 2019, 8:55 pm
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Originally Posted by Ari
It is hard to fight city hall; when you have flimsy ideas, it is harder. When you win in the Supreme Court, you act graciously afterward, you don't make yourself a lightening rod. Check meet mate.
TSA made life miserable for me right out of the gatedenying EVERY application I put in for details, reassignments, and collateral duties. It asserting that I didn't have enough time or experience and selected employees hired long after me.
I sill have 3 pending 5 U.S.C. § 1213 danger-disclosures referred by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC); one that TSA has already conceded to.
My in-house termination hearing was a Kangaroo Kourt in which the deciders were silent as I debunked all of their manufactured charges. They sat on their decision for an unprecedented 10 months in order to wait for the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (Washington DC) to become powerless to grant OSC stays.
I was not going to be a good lil soldier and take any of their ticky-tack retaliation. I'm loyal to the public, not the TSA's megalomaniacs. I beat TSA in every court--except one--and I'll beat it again.
I'll be back.
Apr 7, 2019, 9:38 pm
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Originally Posted by MacLeanBarrier
How can I be at all competitive for any lateral position being unemployed for the most of the 10 years I was being marginalized by the wrongdoers? DHS lost—not me. There's a good reason why Congress and the President enacted 5 U.S.C. § 3352. Instead, DHS rejected my 3352 requests and TSA wanted me back.
The document you linked to was before your reinstatement and explained that details had to be settled before going back on the payroll. Once you were back on the payroll you did have the ability to apply for any announced position in any agency for which you met the qualifications.
I learned a long time ago that if you tease a rattlesnake enough times there is a chance you'll get bitten eventually. I realize that in your mind you feel wronged but there is always the other sides position to consider.
Since I can't do anything but stand on the sidelines I'll let you and government fight it out and see what the outcome is in 10 or so years.
edit to add: Not sure you are doing yourself any favors by speaking about this situation in public.
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Apr 8, 2019, 7:35 am
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
The document you linked to was before your reinstatement and explained that details had to be settled before going back on the payroll.
Yes, you stated "settled", but there was no mandate to settle--there never is. TSA does not have to pay a penny of attorneys' fees or backpay without a judgment. After my attorneys turned down its bribe, TSA acted unilaterally and reinstated me. Failure to report for duty would have given it cause to charge me with Absent With Out Leave (AWOL).
Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
Once you were back on the payroll you did have the ability to apply for any announced position in any agency for which you met the qualifications.
Not true. I had to rely on TSA to approve the renewal of my Top Secret security clearance and conduct a background check. TSA even used this as a tool of retaliation and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Office of Inspection asserted Presidential Policy Directive 19 which forced TSA to finally renew my clearance after 23 months. No agency would have touched me with my horrendous credit problems, consumer debt, and tax debt. That is why 5 U.S.C. § 3352 was enacted into law to protect whistleblowers who prevail against agencies.
Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
I learned a long time ago that if you tease a rattlesnake enough times there is a chance you'll get bitten eventually. I realize that in your mind you feel wronged but there is always the other sides position to consider.
I have dozens of bipartisan congressional leaders and several courts who ruled that I was "wronged"--TSA is the only government entity on the other side refusing to acknowledge:
"In addition, Mr. MacLean asserts that he has not received an annual TSA Core Compensation within band 'In-Position Increase' (IPI) since 2002 despite his supervisor's testimony that his performance had been exemplary.
[...]
6. TSA's justification for assigning Mr. MacLean to an empty room with no duties."
https://republicans-oversight.house....n-due-8-26.pdf
Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
Since I can't do anything but stand on the sidelines I'll let you and government fight it out and see what the outcome is in 10 or so years.
edit to add: Not sure you are doing yourself any favors by speaking about this situation in public.
I did 10 years, I can do another 10 more when the truth is 100% on my side.
Apr 8, 2019, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by MacLeanBarrier
Yes, you stated "settled", but there was no mandate to settle--there never is. TSA does not have to pay a penny of attorneys' fees or backpay without a judgment. After my attorneys turned down its bribe, TSA acted unilaterally and reinstated me. Failure to report for duty would have given it cause to charge me with Absent With Out Leave (AWOL).
Not true. I had to rely on TSA to approve the renewal of my Top Secret security clearance and conduct a background check. TSA even used this as a tool of retaliation and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Office of Inspection asserted Presidential Policy Directive 19 which forced TSA to finally renew my clearance after 23 months. No agency would have touched me with my horrendous credit problems, consumer debt, and tax debt. That is why 5 U.S.C. § 3352 was enacted into law to protect whistleblowers who prevail against agencies.
I have dozens of bipartisan congressional leaders and several courts who ruled that I was "wronged"--TSA is the only government entity on the other side refusing to acknowledge:
https://republicans-oversight.house....n-due-8-26.pdf
I did 10 years, I can do another 10 more when the truth is 100% on my side.
My comments were given to your current situation, not what happened in the past. That's all I'll have to say on the matter.
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Apr 8, 2019, 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
My comments were given to your current situation, not what happened in the past.
It's all relevant and contemporaneous--and TSA concurred and went public regarding 4 months after I
confidentiallywarned TSA criminal investigators on February 15, 2018 in writing:
"Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil are exceptionally dangerous drugs that are far too easy to obtain and sneak on to planes,' MacLean said in a release. 'At the weapons screening checkpoints, there’s too much focus on treating passengers as suicidal threats, which makes it much easier for a terrorist organization to recruit or deceive airport employees to smuggle life-threatening materials into their work area and onto a jet."
https://m.govexec.com/management/201...probes/153881/
June 21, 2018 The New York Times:
"[In an email to The New York Times, the TSA spokesperson] identified powders including fentanyl [...] 'that could be used to irritate or harm aircraft passengers and aircrew if released during flight.'"
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Nov 15, 2019, 7:46 am
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FAIR WARNING: How to hijack jets, without weaponseven with air marshals aboard
Among other things, MacLean has raised concerns over how air marshals were not being equipped with Narcan to neutralize attacks on flight crews with weaponized synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and how the TSA prohibited its personnel from conducting random searches of Kosher and other catered religious meals that had been privately screened. In many cases, the special counsels office found that his allegations had merit. To his supporters, MacLean personifies the best traits of whistleblowers, irrepressibly enthusiastic about exposing the governments dirty laundry, at a high personal cost. During your time in federal service, you have demonstrated your commitment to protecting the American public, and for that you are a true patriot, the current U.S. Special Counsel, Henry J. Kerner, said in a recent letter to MacLean.
Nov 15, 2019, 1:50 pm
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Folks,
This thread is about [MENTION=873507]MacLeanBarrier[/MENTION] being fired from his job as a FAM and his subsequent court case and reinstatement.
While some natural deviation from the subject matter of the thread is perfectly acceptable, the use of Narcan and similar drugs to protect flight crews and air marshals from attacks by weaponized opioids has nothing to do with the with the topic of the thread.
If you wish to discuss other subjects in the linked article, such as protecting cabin crews from being used as human shields and safeguarding co*ckpits from intrusion, please use existing threads, such as or start new threads.
Future off-topic messages will be summarily deleted without further notice.
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Dec 15, 2019, 7:44 am
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He found a “quietly conducted [Radio Technical Commission on Aeronautics (No. RTCA DO-329)] study” in 2011 in which air marshal instructors, who were expecting an attack drill, were unable to stop role-playing hijackers who began their assault within 40 feet of the co*ckpit.
Dec 15, 2019, 10:18 am
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