Denials of Transportation Worker Identification Credential from the Transportation Security Administration

An interesting article appeared in today’s New York Times about international oceanography graduate students from M.I.T. being denied a Transportation Worker Identification Credential from the Transportation Security Administration to work around ships and docks. Additionally, the letter these students received stated that it was “determined that you pose a security threat.” One student, Wilken-Jon von Appen who is a 23 year old student from Germany, is funded by a $65,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.