I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission…

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The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery...

The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery...

But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about...

But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about...

I want to take TSA to the next level.

I want to take TSA to the next level.

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or...

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or...

We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we...

We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we...

Pilots are not the threat.

Pilots are not the threat.

We save limited resources in terms of who we are physically screening. The approach will...

We save limited resources in terms of who we are physically screening. The approach will...

I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here...

I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here...

And so we try to address those concerns in every way possible, recognizing, again, in...

And so we try to address those concerns in every way possible, recognizing, again, in...

The bottom line is how do we best provide for the security of the traveling...

The bottom line is how do we best provide for the security of the traveling...

Our pat-down approach is very similar to what is being utilized in Europe and, as...

Our pat-down approach is very similar to what is being utilized in Europe and, as...

We want to be sensitive to people's concerns about privacy about their personal being and...

We want to be sensitive to people's concerns about privacy about their personal being and...

The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going...

The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going...