House Republican sounds alarm over TSA 'national security concern'
SUMMARY
A House Republican expressed serious concerns about the TSA’s practice of using information from foreign countries, including state sponsors of terrorism, to vet agents flying into the U.S. At a hearing, TSA executive Melanie Harvey confirmed this policy, which Subcommittee Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) criticized as “insane & reckless.” National security experts noted that while TSA uses various databases for screening, information from adversarial nations poses counterintelligence challenges. The issue gained attention after Cuban agents toured Miami International Airport on Cuban Independence Day, prompting Gimenez to introduce a bill to restrict such access.
