I didn't see anything on this with the search feature, and didn't see anything about it in the US news media. I just happened to stumble onto it while looking at other news, on an Australian news site.
US aviation security chief resigns [09Apr05]
THE head of a United States agency charged with providing post-September 11 security for commercial airlines has abruptly resigned in the wake of charges that despite a massive overhaul of security procedures, US carriers remained vulnerable to terrorist attack.
After spending slightly over eight months in the job, retired admiral David Stone has tendered his resignation letter to new Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who has accepted it, Transportation Security Administration spokesman Mark Hatfield said in a one-sentence statement.
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The article goes on to say how vulnerable we still are in our aviation system, and the author seems to have the inside scoop on Osama's alleged new love for helicopters as an instrument of terror.
A google search turns up about 57 articles keyed to "admiral stone aviation," most of which are reporting his resignation.
The articles in the following US media make no mention of the vulnerabilities we're still facing in our aviation system. Instead, they focus primarily on criticism regarding problems citizens have had during their encounters with the screening system.
Boston Globe
MSNBC
CNN
AP
In fact I could find no other articles in the US media that reported the critical assessments of the aviation system and its persistent vulnerabilities.
A full read of the AFP article does come off as a subtle terror warning, something we've been harshly critical of with regard to the media. The aviation system criticisms mentioned in the US articles are centered on how much difficulty Americans are having as they travel, which is also valid concern. But I think it's important to know that Stone is the third man to step down from the job in as many years, and little has been accomplished in terms of actual security of our aviation system.
If you had read the AFP article from a US media site, would you have thought it carried a terrorism warning that the administration is prone to use for political purposes, or would you have viewed it as valid criticism of our ongoing terror war that seems to be stuck in the mud and furiously spinning its wheels?