WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today released the letter he received from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in response to an inquiry about data thefts reported at the TSA and the TSA’s failure to secure the information collected through a Web site established to help travelers resolve watch list misidentification issues.

Rep. Markey said, “Storing the personal information of thousands of TSA employees without basic electronic encryption protections is simply unacceptable. It’s a travesty that the department charged with protecting our homeland has repeatedly fallen short on adequate data privacy and security standards for their own staff.”

View the TSA response letter here.

Original inquiry letter.