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 – and I would say, all of our collective mission. John Pistole Read Quote
The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft. John Pistole Read Quote
We want to be sensitive to people’s concerns about privacy about their personal being and things, while ensuring that everybody on every flight has been properly screened. John Pistole Read Quote
And so we try to address those concerns in every way possible, recognizing, again, in the final analysis, everybody on that flight wants to be assured with the highest level of confidence that everybody else on that flight has been properly screened, and including me and you and everybody. John Pistole Read Quote
We save limited resources in terms of who we are physically screening. The approach will allow us to pay more attention to those potential terrorists. John Pistole Read Quote
But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about your safety, your security, and your privacy. Let’s work together in partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward. John Pistole Read Quote
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? We’re trying to employ the best technology to identify any possible threat. John Pistole Read Quote
The bottom line is, if somebody doesn’t go through proper security screening, they’re not going to go on the flight. John Pistole Read Quote
Our pat-down approach is very similar to what is being utilized in Europe and, as we know, around the world. It’s even much more thorough in other parts of the world. John Pistole Read Quote
