Government Security News July 2016 Digital Edition
Government Security News, founded in 2001 shortly after 9/11, is a news and feature publication covering Homeland Security and Defense. It is read by government executives in federal, state, county, municipal agencies as well as technology vendors and service personnel in Law Enforcement, Airport and Aviation Security, Border Security and Immigration, Maritime and Port Security, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Counter-Terrorism, IT and Cybersecurity and all other branches of Government and the Military. In addition to its daily, weekly and monthly publications and newsletters, Government Security News also operates two awards programs that are well-respected in the U.S. and Internationally.
Government Security News, founded in 2001 shortly after 9/11, is a news and feature publication covering Homeland Security and Defense. It is read by government executives in federal, state, county, municipal agencies as well as technology vendors and service personnel in Law Enforcement, Airport and Aviation Security, Border Security and Immigration, Maritime and Port Security, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Counter-Terrorism, IT and Cybersecurity and all other branches of Government and the Military. In addition to its daily, weekly and monthly publications and newsletters, Government Security News also operates two awards programs that are well-respected in the U.S. and Internationally.
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Christie appointee David Samson, part-time<br />
Chairman of Port Authority and full-time owner<br />
of law firm doing business with the Port,<br />
pleads guilty to felony count of bribery<br />
By Adrian Courtenay<br />
Back in May 2014, <strong>Government</strong> <strong>Security</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong> published an article describing<br />
a speech given by NY Senator<br />
Charles Schumer, in which the<br />
Senator called for reforms and Congressional<br />
oversight of the Port Authority<br />
of New York and New Jersey,<br />
which was mired in scandals. These<br />
included the famous “Bridge Gate”<br />
scandal, in which lane closures on<br />
the first day of a new school year<br />
caused a monumental traffic jam<br />
on the George Washington Bridge,<br />
the most heavily traveled bridge<br />
in the world. The traffic jam lasted<br />
four days. One elderly woman died<br />
because they could not get her to a<br />
hospital in time.<br />
It was widely believed that the<br />
shutdown was ordered as a punishment<br />
to the Mayor of Fort Lee,<br />
NJ for not supporting Governor<br />
Christie in a previous election campaign<br />
(even though the mayor was<br />
a Democrat). And as it turned out,<br />
the lane closures had been ordered<br />
by one David Wildstein, a highschool<br />
colleague and appointee of<br />
NJ Governor Christie who worked<br />
at the Port Authority and got paid<br />
very well, despite having no job description.<br />
He later pleaded guilty<br />
to conspiracy to commit fraud and<br />
conspiracy against civil rights. In an<br />
appropriate finale to his memorable<br />
performance at the Port Authority,<br />
Attorney Wildstein agreed to testify<br />
against his colleagues who were involved<br />
in Bridge Gate.<br />
As Senator Schumer described the<br />
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