Mark Kirk: “We stand for a key principle: that U.S. citizens should protect U.S. citizens at U.S. airports. There is a critical…”

“We stand for a key principle: that U.S. citizens should protect U.S. citizens at U.S. airports. There is a critical danger here in the war on terrorism which will take quite some time. The al-Qaeda organization, with its vast network and resources, is able to put sleeper agents into countries who could then take jobs as airport security agents. But I will note of the hijackers, none were American citizens. We would give the flying public that extra level of security by making sure that only people with a U.S. passport can even apply for these jobs.”