Congress wants answers about 'no-screening' policy for airport screeners

KUSA - Citing concerns, three members of Congress on the Homeland Security Committee have asked the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to explain its new policy that says screeners no longer have to go through metal detectors or have their personal belongings examined in the way that passengers do.

....Last week, a 9Wants to Know investigation found that screeners were bypassing security because of a new non-screening policy. The TSA said that screeners and their belongings don't have to be examined when they go behind security lines because screeners have had background checks and should be trusted. The TSA also says that officers will be screened randomly, without warning, periodically. ....