|
Robert J. MacLean (born March 8, 1970 in Torrejon Air Base, Spain) is a United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) air marshal. On July 28, 2003, he made disclosures to national media about a strict dress policy that exposed air marshals' identities,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/01/22/scotus-victory-for-air-marshal-whistle-blower.htm )〕 and a proposed TSA operational plan that he believed would have reduced aviation security. He was fired on April 11, 2006, and has claimed whistleblower protections. On April 26, 2013, a unanimous panel of three United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Judges found that MacLean was entitled to protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act and remanded the case to the Merit Systems Protection Board for further proceedings. DHS then appealed the three-judge panel's decision to ten judges on the Federal Circuit, all ten rejected DHS' appeal without comment. DHS appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court accepted DHS' appeal for review and affirmed the Federal Circuit's decision in MacLean's favor 7-2. The decision was written by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts. Shortly after a United States Merit Systems Protection Board administrative judge issued an April 14, 2015 order that he was inclined to rule MacLean made protected whistleblower disclosures, on May 8, 2015, TSA voluntarily reinstated MacLean, but it opts to continue litigating the case in order to reduce the fees it owes MacLean's attorneys. ==Early career== MacLean served in the U.S. Air Force from 1988 to 1992. In the Air Force, MacLean was a nuclear weapons maintenance technician for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). He was awarded the Basic Training Honor Graduate Ribbon, Outstanding Unit Awards, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Air Force Good Conduct Medal After his discharge, MacLean entered the U.S. Border Patrol as a border patrol agent and served almost six years in its San Diego Sector as a trainer. MacLean was recruited by the Federal Aviation Administration's Federal Air Marshal program immediately after the September 11 attacks. MacLean was in the first air marshal class to graduate after the September 11, 2001 attacks. After subsequently hiring a significant amount of new air marshals, the FAA program was moved under the new Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration and called the Federal Air Marshal Service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert MacLean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|