WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog for the Homeland Security Department is assuring Congress that the Transportation Security Administration is working to close a security gap that allowed 73 people to get approval to work in secure areas at airports despite having unspecified connections to terrorism.
Inspector General John Roth testified Tuesday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. He told lawmakers the agency followed up on those whose names had terrorism-related activity codes attached to them in the government’s terrorism database but that TSA still doesn’t have access to that information.
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