An audit of the agency followed up on recommendations made in the wake of the September 11 attacks . The report found that the TSA has not been able to identify and stop terrorists who have tried to smuggle weapons through airport security checkpoints since 2001. It looked at five attacks or thwarted attacks and found some intelligence did not reach the agency or get properly analyzed . The report comes as FBI Director James Comey traveled to Washington to defend an $ 8.5billion funding request .
An audit of the agency followed up on recommendations made in the wake of the September 11 attacks . The report found the agency has improvement to make in the area of human intelligence and must try to better utilize analysts . It looked at five attacks or thwarted attacks and found some intelligence did not reach the agency or get properly analyzed . The report comes as FBI Director James Comey traveled to Washington to defend an $ 8.5billion funding request .