Journalist stopped by TSA agent who didn’t know District of Columbia was in the U.S.

A Washington, DC TV reporter was stopped on his way into the Orlando airport by a TSA agent who thought the District of Columbia was in a different country.

Justin Gray told WFTV he was confused at first when the agent looked at his driver's license and asked to see a passport.

But when he realized what was going on, his confusion tued to conce about the caliber of TSA employees working to ensure the safety of those who fly out of Orlando Inteational Airport.

Nation's capital: This Washington DC TV reporter was stopped by a TSA agent in Orlando, Florida who didn't know the District of Columbia was in the United States

That conce didn't go away even after Gray was eventually allowed through security.

Gray told WFTV that he stopped at a TSA supervisor to inform him of the shocking knowledge gap.

'Should be conceed @TSA agent on duty thinks "District of Columbia" is foreign country. It's a bizarre place but passport not needed,' tweeted Gray, a Cox Media Washington correspondent.

Soon after he aired his complaints on Twitter, Gray got a response from TSA.

'@TSA says every Orlando agent being shown pic of DC license,' Gray wrote.

Meanwhile, one industry insider told WFTV that the problem is widespread.

'They simply have not been either applying or maintaining standards for good personnel,' said Douglas Kidd from the National Association of Airline Passengers. 'It makes you wonder what's going on with their training and their policies.'