Homeland Security: Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
March 4, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RL32802 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Bart Elias, Resources, Science, and Industry Division; and William Krouse and Ed Rappaport, Domestic Social Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The adequacy of existing systems to screen air passengers against terrorist watch lists has been questioned, most notably by the 9/11 Commission. Yet, considerable controversy surrounds air passenger prescreening systems, such as the 'No Fly' or 'Automatic Selectee' lists, underscoring that screening passengers for more intensive searches of their persons or baggage, or to prevent them from boarding an aircraft in the event of a terrorist watch list hit, is likely to be a difficult proposition for the federal agencies tasked with aviation security. Today, those agencies principally include the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)-administered Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).
