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TSA Administrator Peter Neffinger testified that 73 employees were identified in the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) database. Following an FBI review, most of these individuals were "scrubbed" from the list as they did not meet the criteria for being actual terrorist threats. The TIDE database is a central repository for classified information on over one million known or suspected international terrorists.
TSA Security Failures, Terrorist Watchlist and Redacted Reports
A new report revealed that the TSA failed to identify 73 airport workers flagged on terrorist watchlists due to a lack of data access. Undercover agents were also able to smuggle mock explosives through checkpoints 95% of the time. The findings suggest systemic vetting inaccuracies, including thousands of records missing social security numbers or passport data.
