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Pruitt’s security threat? A passenger shouting, ‘You’re f—ing up the environment’

The following article by Alex Guillen was posted on the Politico website February 15, 2018:

Encounters with an angry traveler in the Atlanta airport and other unruly critics prompted EPA security staff to recommend first-class travel for the administrator, the agency says.

EPA’s independent Office of Inspector General told POLITICO on Thursday that none of the threats it has received have been related to Administrator Scott Pruitt’s air travel. Credit: John Shinkle, POLITICO

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s security team decided last year he should fly first class to avoid confrontations with angry individuals on planes and in airports, an agency official said Thursday as EPA sought to explain the chief’s penchant for pricey travel.

“He was approached in the airport numerous times, to the point of profanities being yelled at him and so forth,” Henry Barnet, director of the agency’s Office of Criminal Enforcement, told POLITICO.

“The team leader felt that he was being placed in a situation where he was unsafe on the flight,” said Barnet, a career employee and longtime law enforcement official who joined EPA in 2011. Continue reading “Pruitt’s security threat? A passenger shouting, ‘You’re f—ing up the environment’”