John S. Pistole

I remain steadfast in my opinion that a union, operating within the framework of my Determination, can play a constructive role to heighten the level of employee engagement and improve mission performance.

Our goal at all times is to maximize transportation security to stay ahead of evolving terrorist threats.

That is called midnight legislating--in the dark, no transparency, and adhering to the voices of one tune.

I want our TSO to be better than privatized workers, and I believe our focus should be on how we achieve that.

We must reduce the vulnerabilities in our transportation system by establishing risk-based approaches and by using sound intelligence in making decisions and in carrying out our operations.

The vast majority of the hundreds of millions of people who use our transportation systems every year present little to perhaps no risk of committing an act of terrorism.

We must be honest with ourselves and the public in acknowledging that we will never fully eliminate all risk.

While his killing is significant, it does not, of course, mark the end of our effort to fight violent extremism.

TSA employs risk-based, intelligence-driven operations to prevent terrorist attacks and to reduce the vulnerability of the Nation's transportation system to terrorism.

It is not a question of if but when there will be an attack here on the homeland.

The goal is to focus on those who present the greatest risk.

No, actually they are based on intelligence that we know specifically from Christmas Day, Abdulmutallab, and the way he concealed that device.