DHS Inspector General John Roth testified that a classified round of covert checkpoint testing produced “disappointing and troubling” results and that “layers of security simply [were] missing.” The printed House hearing on reform and improvement of TSA records the chairman stating that media leaks in June had reported investigators moving prohibited items past checkpoints in 67 of 70 tests. That 67-of-70 figure is the leaked number as the chairman restated it. The validated test results were classified. This site does not pretend to have the secret annex.
The Daily Caller, November 4, 2015, reported an oversight hearing in which Neffenger said he was “greatly disturbed by TSA’s failure rate,” while also saying the outcome strengthened the agency and that “the system as a whole remains effective.” Roth, in the same coverage, rejected minimizing the tests. The Washington Times, September 29, 2015, reported Neffenger attributing poor performance in part to “a disproportionate focus on speed and efficiency in screening operations rather than security effectiveness.”
He had been confirmed in June. The leaked testing preceded or overlapped the handover. That sequence is in the hearing record and contemporaneous reporting. It is not a personal criminal case. An inspector general finding about checkpoint performance is not a court finding about Peter Neffenger personally.