Trash-Turned-Ticket: How a Passenger's Lucky Find Led to VIP Treatment at Airport Security

CLEAR, a service that allows passengers to bypass airport security checkpoints, is facing scrutiny from lawmakers after two security incidents were revealed. In both cases, CLEAR employees escorted passengers through TSA security checkpoints without proper ID or enrollment in CLEAR's identity-vetting service. Lawmakers are calling for changes in TSA's handling of CLEAR passengers and have criticized the company's "lax security controls." CLEAR has fired the employees responsible for the lapses and their managers, and has implemented retraining for all employees. Lawmakers are now demanding that all CLEAR passengers present their IDs to a TSA agent, potentially impacting CLEAR's business model.