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The perception of impropriety is certainly present in the Mike & Mo liaison. If TSA doesn’t take strong and positive steps to correct this appearance of cronyism, within the top levels of their organization, the message traveling down to the lowest levels of the TSA food chain will be that there are one set of rules for the ‘elite’ ex-SS troops and quite another set of ‘ethics and conduct’ rules for average Joe Screener. It is going to be very difficult for them to bolster employee morale under these conditions. Additionally, uniformed screeners will take the brunt of this fiasco from the traveling public while these ‘plainclothes’ elite ex-SS troops will be able to blend and fade into the shadows.