This fall the Transportation Security Administration’s Transportation Worker Identity Credential, or TWIC cards kick in. These employment cards are supposed to ensure that non-citizens working in the U.S. aren’t terrorists.

But TSA, which is part of the Dept. of Homeland Security, has sent out rejection letters to international students looking for summer work that makes it sounds like they are terrorists. The New York Times’ Scott Shane reports that the letters read, “I have determined you pose a security threat.”  A DHS spokeswoman said it was an unfortunate choice of words.  Read Shane here. MB

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