Senator had her husband removed from TSA watchlist, sources say 00:39. A U.S. senator's spouse was placed on a government watchlist in 2023 after a surveillance program flagged his travel profile ...

Billy Shaheen was flagged a second time as a co-traveler of a suspected terrorist on Oct. 18, 2023. The DHS stated that the senator contacted TSA again and met with Pekoske.

All it took was one phone call for a Democratic senator to have her husband removed from a travel watchlist that tracks ties to suspected terrorists, according to a report.

In the Shaheens' case, Mr. Shaheen was flagged by TSA on July 20, 2023, for traveling with a known or suspected terrorist, whose name was not included in the DHS announcement.