The bottom line is how do we best provide for the security of the traveling public in light of a determined enemy who is adept at constructing well-designed, well-concealed devices which would not show up in a walk-through metal detector?…

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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...

Pilots are not the threat.

Pilots are not the threat.

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...

I want to take TSA to the next level.

I want to take TSA to the next level.

I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the...

I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...