AFGE argues TSA is withholding documents about the agency's "secretive push to expand the privatization of airport security screening functions." The union had filed a FOIA request on May 11 seeking documents pertaining to the Gold+ initiative. The lawsuit alleges TSA is violating statutory deadlines for responding to FOIA requests and unlawfully withholding agency records. “These documents will shed light on the agency’s secretive push to expand the privatization of airport security screening functions,” the complaint stats. In a release, AFGE connected the Gold+ program to the Trump administration’s efforts to disband the TSA collective bargaining agreement.