Justice Department halts DEA's random searches of airport travelers after report finds 'serious concerns'

Video recorded by a passenger at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport this year shows a federal agent seizing a traveler's bag. The Justice Department has now ordered the DEA to halt random searches at transit hubs. The Drug Enforcement Administration is no longer allowed to randomly search travelers at airports and other transit hubs after a scathing report from the Justice Department found "serious concerns" with the practice. DEA agents failed to properly document searches, may have illegally targeted minorities and, in at least one case, paid an airline employee tens of thousands of dollars over several years to suggest targets for searches, according to the report released Thursday by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz. The deputy attorney general ordered the DEA to suspend the random searches Nov. 12 after seeing a draft of the memo.