Statement of John E. Lewis, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

By Senate Committee On Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

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Government Reference Publication

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Excerpt: The TSC is one of the most unique entities ever conceived or implemented to support terrorist screening and law enforcement operations. It envelops a wide range of expertise borne from a combined onsite representation of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of State (DOS). TSC has consolidated terrorist identities, domestic and international, in one database that is accessible to any federal, state, local, tribal or territorial law enforcement officer, as well as some foreign governments with whom the United States (US) has information sharing agreements. The TSC allows consolidated and coordinated terrorist screening at US Embassies, at the land and air borders of the US, through routine law enforcement encounters domestically, and by other countries with whom we have agreements, The TSC has created a bridge between the intelligence community (IC) and the law enforcement community to facilitate real time information sharing based on daily terrorist encounters. The TSC also has enabled real time information sharing that alerts the DoD to emerging and potential threats to the US from terrorists who are using commercial air carriers.