TSA Has Its Hands In Your Panties But US Marshals Had No Idea Where Two "Known Or Suspected" Terrorists Were
Ryan J. Reilly writes at HuffPo:
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Marshals Service gave new names and identities to "known or suspected" terrorists admitted to the witness protection program and allowed them to fly on commercial airlines, despite the fact that they were on the TSA's "no-fly" list, an internal Justice Department investigation found.The DOJ Inspector General report released Thursday also found that the Marshals lost track of two former known or suspected terrorists who had left the federal Witness Security Program. The DOJ has now tracked down all the current members of the WITSEC program and has determined where the two terrorism-linked individuals who left the program are located, a DOJ official told reporters.
..."There is no threat to public safety," another Justice Department official said. "To-date, the FBI has not identified a national security threat tied to participation of terrorism-linked witnesses in the WITSEC program."
But the critical IG report said the Marshals had not involved other national security stakeholders in the WITSEC process. It also found "significant deficiencies in the handling of known or suspected terrorists" admitted into the program. Because the TSA was not told about the WITSEC participants' new identities, "it was possible for known or suspected terrorists to fly on commercial airplanes in or over the United States and evade one of the government's primary means of identifying and tracking terrorists' movements and actions," the report stated.
Yes, the people we should be taking a serious look at we ignore, while treating every other American who needs to board a plane as if they've been to al Qaeda training camp -- even if they're 6 and disabled.
The important thing to understand is that these two guys left the WITSEC program. USMS had no obligation to track them after that point.
ParatrooperJJ at May 17, 2013 6:22 AM
USMS had no obligation to track them after that point.
Known terrorists? if they left the program, the Marshals should have sent the relevant information to the FBI and/or the DHS.
Deer USMS
Imagine the blowback you'd receive if these two yahoo's had been the Boston bombers? would you really want that? the blowback you're going to take just for misplacing them will be bad enough.
I R A Darth Aggie at May 17, 2013 8:15 AM
"USMS had no obligation to track them"
The government has no obligation to protect humans. Second Amendment.
Dave B at May 17, 2013 12:04 PM
Can we get rid of about 85% of the federal government? I would start with about 75% of congress and a 2/3 of the White House staff.
Jim P. at May 17, 2013 8:35 PM
Amy,
This link is unrelated to this post, but thought you might like it.
Author Kevin Williamson's solution to rudeness.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/05/kevin-williamson-stud.php
JFP at May 17, 2013 9:50 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/05/17/tsa_has_its_han.html#comment-3711807">comment from JFPThanks - someone already posted it and I commented on it. If you want to post off-topic links, the post with the word "link" in the header is the place to do it.
Amy Alkon
at May 17, 2013 11:04 PM
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