2026年4月3日 / 美国东部时间早上6:15 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：莎拉·普洛斯、妮可·斯甘加、凯瑟琳·克鲁普尼克、克里斯·范·克利夫
一名重要参议员要求美国运输安全管理局（TSA）撤销允许旅客在机场安检时穿鞋的规定，这项有争议的政策正处于一份机密安全警告的核心，此举在机场安保漏洞遭数月审查后，进一步向该机构施压。
在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻独家获得的一封信中，参议员塔米·达克沃斯要求 TSA 立即废除其“穿鞋过检”政策，称这是一项“鲁莽行为”，可能将乘机公众置于风险之中。
这位伊利诺伊州民主党议员同时也是负责航空事务的参议院小组委员会 ranking 成员（注：通常译为“资深成员”或“少数党成员”，此处按国会惯例译为“首席成员”），她警告称，该政策很可能是“在未与 TSA 进行有意义磋商的情况下”实施的。她援引了国土安全部内部监察长的一项调查，该调查发现这项政策在机场安检系统中造成了新的安全漏洞。
对乘机公众而言是“令人愤慨”的危险
此前哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道了一份机密监察长审计报告，该报告通过秘密“红队”测试发现了全国 TSA 安检系统中的严重漏洞。达克沃斯的要求标志着议员首次直接呼吁撤销这项政策。
这份机密监察长报告发现，TSA 扫描仪无法有效检查鞋子，引发了威胁物品可能躲过检测的担忧。但据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前的报道，这些调查结果被国土安全部领导层掩盖了。
达克沃斯写道，监察长曾在一封罕见的“七日函”中向时任国土安全部长克里斯蒂·诺姆紧急标记了这一问题，但未采取任何纠正措施。
她称这种失败“令人愤慨、不可接受，且对乘机公众构成危险”。
“任由潜在灾难性的安全缺陷存在七个月乃至更久，辜负了 TSA 的使命，”达克沃斯写道。“至少，TSA 未能迅速采取纠正行动，理应立即撤回诺姆部长这项鲁莽且危险的政策，该政策增加了恐怖分子将危险物品偷带上飞机的风险。”
TSA 是否违反了联邦法律？
在4月3日致代理 TSA 管理员阮·麦克尼尔的信中，这位伊利诺伊州参议员认为，TSA 未采取回应措施可能实际上违反了联邦法律。她写道，该机构错过了法律要求的90天期限，未能在收到监察长的调查结果后概述纠正措施——她称这一失误破坏了监督与安全。
“这种不作为违反了联邦法律、管理和预算办公室（OMB）的指导方针以及国土安全部自身的指令，”达克沃斯写道。
这项政策可追溯至“鞋弹恐怖分子”事件
要求乘客脱鞋的规定是在2001年“鞋弹恐怖分子”事件数年后实施的，当时一名乘客试图在飞往美国的航班上引爆藏在鞋内的爆炸物。
国土安全部于2025年7月8日在诺姆任内废除了该规定，实施了“穿鞋过检”政策。
当时，该机构表示此举将“提升旅客出行体验，简化 TSA 安检流程，缩短等待时间”。国土安全部辩称，由于“我们的尖端技术进步和多层安全措施”，这项决定不会影响安全标准。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的调查发现，数月后该机构仍未就监察长的调查结果发布必要回应，导致建议的整改措施“悬而未决”，并引发了关于已知安全漏洞是否正在得到解决的广泛质疑。
达克沃斯认为，在未确保安检技术能够弥补这一缺口的情况下放弃这项安保措施，相当于将已知漏洞重新引入系统。
这封信还直接抨击了已于上月离职、由国土安全部长马克韦恩·马林接任的诺姆，指责她将政治置于安全之上。达克沃斯写道，诺姆的决定反映出“甘愿拿美国民众的安全冒险”，并称这是“领导力的惊人失败”。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系国土安全部和 TSA 征求置评。
Senate Democrat demands that TSA lift its “shoes-on” policy, calling it a “reckless” safety risk
April 3, 2026 / 6:15 AM EDT / CBS News
By Sarah Ploss, Nicole Sganga, Kathryn Krupnik, Kris Van Cleave
A key senator is demanding the Transportation Security Administration reverse its decision to let travelers keep their shoes on their feet while passing through airport screening, a controversial policy at the center of a classified security warning — escalating pressure on the agency following months of scrutiny over airport security vulnerabilities.
In a letter obtained exclusively by CBS News, Sen. Tammy Duckworth demanded that TSA immediately rescind its “shoes-on” policy, calling it a “reckless act” that may be placing the flying public at risk.
The Illinois Democrat, who serves as ranking member of the Senate subcommittee overseeing aviation, warned that the policy was likely implemented “without meaningful consultation with TSA.” She cited an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog that found it created a new security vulnerability in airport screening systems.
An “outrageous” danger to the flying public
Duckworth’s demand marks the first direct call from a lawmaker to reverse the policy, following CBS News’ reporting on a classified inspector general audit that used covert “red team” testing to identify serious vulnerabilities in TSA screening nationwide.
The classified watchdog report found that TSA scanners are unable to effectively screen shoes, raising concerns that threat items could evade detection. But those findings were buried by DHS leadership, according to previous reporting by CBS News.
Duckworth writes that the inspector general flagged the issue as urgent in a rare “Seven-Day Letter” to then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — but no corrective action was taken.
She called that failure “outrageous, unacceptable and dangerous to the flying public.”
“Allowing a potentially catastrophic security deficiency to remain in place for seven months and counting betrays TSA’s mission,” wrote Duckworth. “At a minimum, TSA’s failure to swiftly implement corrective action warrants the immediate withdrawal of Secretary Noem’s reckless and dangerous policy that increases the risk of a terrorist smuggling a dangerous item onto a flight.”
Did the TSA violate federal law?
In her letter to acting TSA Administrator Nguyen McNeill, dated April 3, the Illinois senator argues that TSA’s lack of response may actually violate federal law. She wrote that the agency missed a legally required 90-day deadline to outline corrective actions after receiving the watchdog’s findings — a lapse she says undermines both oversight and safety.
“Such inaction violates Federal law, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance and DHS’s own directives,” Duckworth wrote.
A policy dating back to the “Shoe Bomber” plot
The rule requiring passengers to remove shoes was implemented several years after the 2001 “shoe bomber” plot, when a passenger attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his footwear aboard a U.S.-bound flight.
DHS lifted that rule and implemented a “shoes-on” policy on July 8, 2025, under Noem.
At the time, the agency said the move would “increase hospitality for travelers and streamline the TSA security checkpoint process, leading to lower wait times.” DHS argued the decision would not impact security standards due to “our cutting-edge technological advancements and multi-layered security approach.”
CBS News’ reporting found the agency has yet to issue a required response to the inspector general’s findings months later, leaving recommended fixes “open and unresolved” and raising broader questions about whether known security gaps are being addressed.
Duckworth argues that abandoning that safeguard without ensuring screening technology can compensate introduces a known vulnerability back into the system.
The letter also takes direct aim at Noem, who left her role last month and was replaced by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, accusing her of prioritizing politics over security. Duckworth wrote that Noem’s decision reflected a “willingness to gamble the American people’s security” and calls it a “stunning failure of leadership.”
CBS News has reached out to DHS and TSA for comment.
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