TSA spokeswoman Gaches says she does not know what the basis could be for the assertion that $2 million was diverted from training. "In the past fiscal year, no funds have been transferred from operational program areas to fund additional administration employees" under the program, she says.


Interview with Lauren Gaches, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, 19 March 2009


We have contacted ALPA to receive our own copy of the statement. We also contacted the White House, which put us in touch with the Department of Homeland Security. DHS Deputy Press Secretary Amy Kudwa echoed the TSA's statements, saying: "The transfer of funds is, in fact, inaccurate, and there is no move to end the program."

Interview with Amy Kudwa, deputy press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, 20 March 2009