To improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. tucker: last week, in an exclusive investigation for this program, hillary vaughn showed how the tsa allowed a major security loophole to exist at our nation s airports. every day across the country, food catering enter and leave airports without facing proper security screenings, an obvious problem and they could be exploited by terrorists. we are happy to report that our investigation apparently had an effect. hillary vaughn joins us tonight. hey, hillary. we just learned the tsa sent out an internal memo this week following our report exposing the food truck loophole, telling tsa inspectors, changes need to be made to the food drug screening process. last week, we gave you a trove of internal tsa documents that show catering trucks roll through our airport gates unchecked by tsa.
Workers, and their paid contractors. two tsa whistle-blowers tell us that this is in direct response to the national security threat that we exposed. part of what they said includes a pullout that says, discussions of possible remedies and suggestions for changes to the security programs are related to catering and supplies. this tsa document says this, tsa inspectors around the country need to come up with changes to their catering security program. the tsa told us tonight they discover these issues as part of a special assessment, giving at this statement, saying in part as which each special emphasis assessment, working group discusses potential enhancements to policies, security measures, training, and procedures as a result of the assessment findings. we obtained a special assessment and it shows food is not the only thing going unchecked on board. truckloads of ice, magazines, blankets were being delivered to the cabin of the aircraft without being searched or
Instead, they form a security to airlines who pay private contractors and trust them to stop explosives from ending up airborne and catering cards. but our investigation turned out tsa internal audits that prove these private contractors repeatedly failed to follow protocol. in 2018, the tsa audited flying food catering company that serves planes at jfk airport. 95% of the airline security contractors failed to check the cargo correctly. speak at its security theater we are spending all this manpower and hours patting down children, elderly, veterans in wheelchairs, but the airport workers, who could be motivated by greed, can smuggle whatever he needs past security. in the new memo, the tsa recommend something new. that search is now a clue tsa employees and not just airline