After employees of the Transportation Safety Administration failed to stop 67 of 70 security tests from Department of Homeland Security “red teams,” the agency’s effectiveness has come under increased scrutiny.

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson is leading the effort to discover what went wrong, as well as what works and what doesn’t. Johnson held a hearing on the red team test on Tuesday and spoke with Fox News to discuss what needs to change at an agency that is on the frontlines of the War on Terror, especially after the events of September 11, 2001.

Johnson said there needs to be a top to bottom reevaluation of the TSA, and wondered whether the agency could prioritize what it can do versus what it can’t, all in an attempt to both better serve the public and better secure those trying to get on flights.

The hearing did uncover that at the essence of the problem is the TSA’s over-reliance on its “TSA Precheck” program. With enrollment now at one-million participants, the program in recent years has now been given to anyone who requests it, not those who need it.

One TSA whistleblower out of Minneapolis said her airport was handing out TSA precheck status like “Halloween candy” and as a result, it has created a serious security gap which is ripe for exploitation. Add in reports of poor training of TSA employees coast-to-coast, and it’s a disaster potentially waiting to happen.

Watch the full interview here:

Authored by Kevin Binversie.