TSA Failed To Check FAA Lists For Terrorist Suspects

AvWeb ^ | 8/20/09

[pabianice]

At least six individuals listed by the FBI as possible terrorists also were listed in the FAA database as pilot certificate holders as of this June, according to The New York Times. After the Times questioned the TSA about the situation, the FAA suspended all six certificates. The Times had received the list of names from a small software company that said it found the six by comparing public records, an effort the TSA apparently never made. "The T.S.A. appears not to have taken notice of the terrorists even when two of them turned up on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Ten Most Wanted List," says the Times. A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of the TSA, told the Times her department would "conduct a comprehensive review to see why the system failed to identify these people" and would consider whether the department should be looking at more federal lists. This week, however, the Times wrote that the software company found one more pilot in the FAA database who is wanted by the FBI, which has offered a $50,000 reward for the accused "domestic terrorist."

[elpinta]

Well, more evidence of incompetence, that's all!

[SECURE AMERICA]

We want Government run health care!
We want Government run health care !

Well, maybe not..................

[bgill]

"apparent weaknesses in the existing vetting system that allowed individuals representing potential national security threats

Hmmm, now where have I heard that before???

[mgstarr]

TSA senior staff meeting.

[bgill]

In the article below that:

“Vacationing President’s TFR Rankles Vineyard Pilots” - looks like Hussein will single handedly destroy the Vineyard’s economy.

[bgill]

Collect the reward and move from a small software company to a big software company.

[TChris]

... an effort the TSA apparently never made.

Hey, that could become their slogan!

The TSA: An Effort Never Made

[SteamShovel]

TSA Failed To Check FAA Lists For Terrorist Suspects

Too busy harassing old ladies during last minute spot checks at the boarding gate?.....

[Star Traveler]

The article said — A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of the TSA, told the Times her department would “conduct a comprehensive review to see why the system failed to identify these people” and would consider whether the department should be looking at more federal lists.

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They need to get Jack Bauer and Chleo O’Brian to help them out... LOL...

Jack Bauer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bauer

Chloe O’Brian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_O’Brian

“24” (TV series)
http://tinyurl.com/25xlnt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series)

[TankerKC]

The Times had received the list of names from a small software company that said it found the six by comparing public records, an effort the TSA apparently never made.

The TSA was too busy designing new shirts, getting flashy new badges, barking orders like a DI and strip searching old ladies.