Jason Harrington

Jason Edward Harrington is an American writer, blogger, and former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee who has been highly critical of the agency since he left it in 2013. As of December 2015, he was studying for a MFA at the University of Mississippi.[1]

Early years

Harrington was born in the Southern United States, to a German-American mother and African-American father.[2]:2

Career

Harrington began working for the TSA in 2007, as a screener at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, to help him pay his way through school.[2]:1[3] In early 2012, while still working for the TSA, he started the blog "Taking Sense Away" on WordPress, with the aim of "tell[ing] the public the truth about what was going on at the agency."[2]:3 Originally, he ran the blog anonymously, and attempted to preserve his anonymity by only using public computers, but later switched to masking his home IP address using Tor.[2]:4 In January 2013, the Los Angeles Times published an article quoting a TSA spokesperson responding to the claims made in one of Harrington's blog posts by saying that the claims made therein, including that TSA employees were laughing at pictures of people going through body scanners, were false.[4] In May 2013, he quit working for the TSA.[2]:4 The following January, he wrote a 4-page article for Politico about his experiences working for the TSA,[2] an article which was subsequently covered by other media outlets.[5][6] In a response to the article, the TSA said that in it, Harrington lied and/or described long-abandoned practices.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Harrington, Jason (7 December 2015). "‘Chi-Raq’ and the Myth of Chicago Gang Wars". New York TImes. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harrington, Jason Edward (30 January 2014). "Dear America, I Saw You Naked". Politico. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Nixon, Ron (29 July 2015). "After Lapses, T.S.A. Will Target Screening in Overhaul". New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Martin, Hugo (6 January 2013). "Are TSA officers laughing at you? Agency says no". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Stieber, Zachary (31 January 2014). "Jason Edward Harrington, ex-TSA Agent, Publishes Viral Piece ‘Dear America, I Saw You Naked’". The Epoch Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Smith, Oliver (5 February 2014). "Confessions of an airport security worker". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Martin, Hugo (9 February 2014). "TSA responds to allegations by former screener". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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