TSA Administrator: 2 of 73 Aviation Employees Found on Govt's Terrorist Database Were Fired; 71 Were 'Scrubbed' From Database

melanie.hunter | May 13, 2016
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TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger said Thursday that two of 73 aviation employees with access to secured areas of U.S. airports who were also on the TIDE (Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment) system - the government's database of "information on international terrorist identities" - were fired from their jobs, while the other 71 were "scrubbed" from the database on the advice of the FBI.