# So, Has the TSA Caught Many Crooks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-the-tsa-caught-many-crooks/461153 "2008-08-25T00:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-the-tsa-caught-many-crooks/461153/61 "2008-08-29T01:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] My orginal question: are TSA personnel on the lookout for wanted felons? Like the FBI most wanted list-do they check passengers lists for such people? I could imagine that the TSA could be very useful, in that regard. [/QUOTE] > **[No Fly List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Fly_List)** > > The No Fly List, maintained by the United States federal government's Threat Screening Center (TSC), is one of several lists used by the Transportation Security Administration's Secure Flight program and airlines to decide who to allow to board airline flights. The TSC's No Fly List is a list of people who are prohibited from boarding commercial aircraft for travel within, into, or out of the United States. This list has also been used to divert aircraft away from U.S. airspace that do no The l... ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-the-tsa-caught-many-crooks/461153/62 "2008-08-29T01:08:56Z")
Missed the edit window. The real question is weather the FBI and the TSA exchange information. I’m guessing the answer is no, although plenty of people on the NFL (heh) are probably wanted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-the-tsa-caught-many-crooks/461153.md?page=3)