Two suspected terrorists eluded US law enforcement and slipped past the no-fly list onto commercial flights, according to a new report from the US Department of Justice’s inspector general.
The report claimed the suspects testified against terrorists
they had been working with in exchange for protection in the
federal witness security program (WITSEC). Neither of the two was
identified by name but the US Marshals Service (USMS), which
oversees WTSEC, failed to turn over the hidden identities to the
Transportation Security Agency (TSA) for inclusion on the federal
no-fly list.
“In July 2012, the USMS stated that it was unable to locate
two former WITSEC participants identified as known or suspected
terrorists,” the inspector general wrote, “and that through
its investigative efforts it has concluded that one individual was
and the other individual was believed to be residing outside of the
United States.”
The report also states that the Justice Department does not
“definitively know” exactly how many known or suspected
terrorists are being protected by the federal government. The
inspector general was careful to note that the testimony garnered
from the witnesses have “provided invaluable and critical
information and testimony,” including the 1995 Oklahoma City
bombing and 2007 attempt to blow up fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy
International Airport in New York.
This article originally appeared on : RT