TSA Fires Officials, Seeks Inquiry Into Jan. 6 Travel Watchlist

Sept. 30, 2025, 3:15 PM UTC

The Transportation Security Administration fired five senior officials and asked the Justice Department to investigate after an internal probe alleged that agency officials politicized a travel watchlist during President Joe Biden‘s administration.

The Department of Homeland Security and TSA on Tuesday unveiled the findings of an investigation of travel watchlists that subjected travelers deemed high risk to extra screening measures and surveillance by air marshals. TSA, under Biden, used the lists to target individuals linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, as well as people who resisted mask mandates on planes, according to an agency ...

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