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-d….

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 pa….

I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'..

I want to take TSA to the next level..

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 part….

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 assure….

We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport checkpoint. We gather as ….

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

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety..

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 b….

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 ….

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

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..