point. the felon was spotted by an agent but then a supervisor cleared the security check despite the man s history. a homeland security inspector said it highlights the need for the agency to modify its procedures. let s talk about these. let s bring in former assistant director of the fbi tom fuentes. tom, good morning. i want to start with the tsa pre-check story christi gave us. this man had a murder conviction connected to a domestic terror organization. how could someone like that get through the security pre-check process? i think victor, the mistake is he shouldn t be on the pre-check list. if they had him selected randomly to be able to go through pre-check i think they are going to have to take a hard look at that program. most of us, and i have the pre-check approval, comes from you know, the application process, the background process, the number of miles you fly with a particular carrier, so i don t understand how he was even able
that because his name wasn t on the list that is the list that they use to determine who is okay and who is not. i imagine many people don t find that particularly comforting. rene marsh, thank you very much. i want to get into this more with congressman benny thompson. a democrat from mississippi and ranking member of the committee on homeland security for the house of representatives. congressman, you just heard this report. you know all about this. how is this possible? i understand that he s not on the no-fly list. he s a convicted murderer. he s a former member of a domestic terror group. how is he allowed to go through that tsa pre-check line? first of all, he should not have been allowed to get into the pre-check list. he should have gone into the regular passenger line. he should not have been afforded the courtesy of being in pre-check.