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TSA Investigation Finds 73 Workers on U.S.'s Terrorist Watchlist [06/10/15]
Newsweek ^ | 6/10/15 | Lauren Walker

Posted on 11/19/2015 2:11:39 PM PST by ForYourChildren

A recent U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) report found that 73 aviation workers, employed by airlines and vendors, had alleged links to terrorism.

The report, published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General on June 4, blamed bureaucratic mistakes. Though the TSA says it frequently cross-checks applications and employee lists with the DHS's "Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist," both are incomplete.

The TSA's employee lists, which consist of thousands of records, "contained potentially incomplete or inaccurate data, such as an initial for a first name and missing social security numbers," the report found. The DHS Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist was also incomplete because "[TSA] is not authorized to receive all terrorism-related categories under current interagency watchlisting policy."

It is unclear what, if anything, will happen as a result of this discovery. But last week, the top TSA official was reassigned after an internal investigation showed undercover agents were able to smuggle fake explosives and weapons through security checkpoints in 95 percent of trials at dozens of America's busiest airports.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; terrorists; watchlist
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This article is from 6/10/15.

But for some reason, it seems relevant today.

1 posted on 11/19/2015 2:11:39 PM PST by ForYourChildren
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To: ForYourChildren; pugmama

HT. pugmama


2 posted on 11/19/2015 2:11:58 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

Alright, now how about some corrective action?


3 posted on 11/19/2015 2:13:49 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe - Yeb Arbusto es un payaso.)
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To: ForYourChildren

SO...I guess they got raises...


4 posted on 11/19/2015 2:18:48 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Pride in the USA

Just makes me feel all warm, fuzzy and safe to read this.

I’m sure Homeland Security will do an equally outstanding job of vetting 100,000 Syrian refugees.


5 posted on 11/19/2015 2:21:52 PM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: ForYourChildren

Are these the same people who will be vetting the Syrian terrorists?

Or is there a different incompetent Obama bureaucracy lined up for the job?


6 posted on 11/19/2015 2:24:11 PM PST by Iron Munro (<p> The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Nearly all of the wheel chair pushers at Logan Airport ,in Boston ,are Muslim women. Not saying they’re terrorists but why?


7 posted on 11/19/2015 2:25:59 PM PST by surrey
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To: ForYourChildren

Does the incompetence of the gubermint know any limits.


8 posted on 11/19/2015 2:27:58 PM PST by Duckdog (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
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To: ForYourChildren

Obama Unionized Terrorists ?


9 posted on 11/19/2015 2:28:25 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: ForYourChildren

For anyone interested, here is the actual report.

“TSA Can Improve Aviation Worker Vetting”

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Department of Homeland Security

https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2015/OIG_15-98_Jun15.pdf


10 posted on 11/19/2015 2:29:53 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: surrey
No. They are terrorists.
11 posted on 11/19/2015 2:34:15 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: ForYourChildren

but they can vet those refugees.. lol


12 posted on 11/19/2015 2:36:05 PM PST by GeronL (I remember when this was a conservative forum)
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To: ForYourChildren

They have more than that at just one airport.


13 posted on 11/19/2015 2:36:55 PM PST by sport
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To: ForYourChildren
prolly all union stewards too...
14 posted on 11/19/2015 2:54:26 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: ForYourChildren

“It is unclear what, if anything, will happen as a result of this discovery.”

Well, they’ll be a lot of... *Crickets Chirping*

@#%$%^&*! Our Government has ONE JOB. To protect and defend We The People from ENEMIES Foreign and Domestic.

FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.


15 posted on 11/19/2015 3:13:19 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: lonevoice
I’m sure Homeland Security will do an equally outstanding job of vetting 100,000 Syrian refugees.

For a Hollywood take on bad vetting, I like the beginning of Scarface.

"Hey, Tony, this looks like a gang tattoo."
"I'm a political refugee."

16 posted on 11/19/2015 3:14:15 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ForYourChildren

The TSA bag check screening dude here in Cleveland sure looked muslim with his scraggly looking beard. Lovely....


17 posted on 11/19/2015 3:18:53 PM PST by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: ForYourChildren

B T T T ! ! ! ©


18 posted on 11/19/2015 3:46:40 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE MAKE YOUR DONATION NOW - GO MONTHLY IF YOU POSSIBLY & RELIABLY CAN!)
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To: ForYourChildren

The Feds started this TSA over a decade ago. Obama has sure shepherded its success.


19 posted on 11/19/2015 5:28:51 PM PST by KC Burke (Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam)
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To: ForYourChildren

The words of Sheriff Bufford T Justice in Smokey and the Bandit escape me but it was something about someone who couldn’t close an umbrella.


20 posted on 11/19/2015 5:44:19 PM PST by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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