Airport Safety Chief Arrested
The head of security at Washington Dulles International Airport was placed on administrative leave because of his arrest on drunk-driving charges as the airport was on a heightened state of alert New Year’s Day for terrorist activity, the Transportation Security Administration said Friday.
Charles Brady, acting federal security director at Dulles, was pulled over Thursday morning, hours after a British Airways jetliner was detained at the airport because of intelligence information.
It was unclear whether Brady was supposed to have been on duty when he was arrested.
Adm. James Schear has been named acting federal security director at Dulles, agency spokesman Darrin Kayser said.
Brady was released Thursday afternoon from Fairfax County Detention Center.
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