John S. Pistole: “If confirmed, I will build upon these efforts to make the international aviation system safer and ensure the security of…”

the fact remains accurate through today and underscores a point that in aviation security, it is not the object per se that is dangerous but the individual who intends to use that object to inflict harm that presents the danger.

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.

I believe strongly in behavior detection, the observation of individuals, and we have a number of officers trained in that regard.