Originally Posted by gingersnaps

Testimony of DHS Inspector General John Roth:

“TSA does not recurrently vet airport workers’ criminal histories after they are initially cleared to work, but rely on individuals to self-report disqualifying crimes.”

From the Feb 3, 2016, testimony of TSA Deputy Assistant Administrator Darby LaJoye:

TSA recognizes the value of conducting more frequent, or recurrent, criminal checks on workers to identify cases where there has been subsequent criminal activity since the original application. To date, TSA ... does not have access to recurrent criminal checks as are available to law enforcement agencies.

Feb 4, 2016 statement of TSA Administrator Peter to foxnews:


“Right now we have 900,000 or so people that are badged in some level of access to airports across the nation,” Neffenger told Fox. “They are recurrently vetted – I mean, on a daily basis – against terrorist databases for any information that may indicate that they are people that we need to be concerned about.”