highlights the weakness of precheck. as this watch dog report states just because someone is not on a watch list does not make them low risk. >> rene how did this investigation get started? >> reporter: we know that a whistle blower came forward. we should also point out that there was a tsa officer there at the airport, recognized the felon, flagged a supervisor but the superior essentially gave the okay gave the clear for this traveler to go through. that tsa agent didn't feel he or she had the power to override the supervisor but that has all now changed in light of this report. tsa says that if an officer at the check point feels as if someone should not get that expedited screening, that person can be sent to the standard screening line. jake? >> rene what does the tsa have to say about this? >> reporter: the agency is really standing firm on the fact that this person's name did not appear in a terror data base. the argument is that if