Sam Sweeney
ABC News lead transportation producer who reports on airport operations and TSA staffing, providing on-the-ground context about security line issues.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 27min
Have an ICE Flight: Trump’s Plan for Airport Lines
Colonel Stephen Ganyard, a former Marine and State Department official now an ABC contributor; Tom Sufi Burridge, ABC foreign correspondent covering the Middle East; and Sam Sweeney, ABC lead transportation producer, discuss worsening airport security lines due to TSA staffing gaps. They debate using ICE for checkpoint work, assess U.S.-Iran tensions around strikes on energy infrastructure, and weigh escalation and civilian-risk concerns.
