The TSA is deploying additional security to major city airports as
well as at various rail and transit stations in the wake of the terrorist
attacks in Brussels on Tuesday.
In a prepared statement, Department of Homeland Security Secretary
Jeh Johnson said that the move is a precautionary one.
“At present, we have no specific, credible intelligence of any
plot to conduct similar attacks here in the United States,” Johnson said. “That
said, we remain very focused on the threat posed by lone terrorist actors who may
lack direct connection to a foreign terrorist organization; we are concerned
that such radicalized individuals or small groups could carry out an attack in
the homeland with little warning. We also remain very engaged in the effort to
identify and disrupt foreign terrorist fighters who may seek to travel to or
from the United States.”
Explosions at the Brussels airport and in a subway station near
the European Union headquarters killed 31 people and injured more
than 180 on Tuesday.