Oh, my God, people are waiting an extra 15 minutes.

The 40 or 41 percent failure rate.

I wrote the provision of that law that required air marshals to be on board all high-risk flights.

I think we are very confident we will not have a problem here in LA, but that was a little disconcerting.

The public is more forgiving than you seem to think in your testimony.

I am going to fight against changing the law.

So could you respond to that, Mr. Gomez?

Smaller international airports, they do not get the attention.

Well, I am very happy to hear that, Mr. Stone, because the prior folks were fairly close, but I think Admiral Loy--and I met with him, and I am very impressed.

I mean, my question is, why does the passenger have to be there when you do the trace, even with a third of the problems?

I want you to know that I am going to help get a little special attention over there because it worries me.

Absolutely. It is huge.

Wait a minute. When you check your bag in and it goes through a different check, you are not there with the bag. What's the privacy problem?

I understand. But that is the purpose of this hearing, to make it better, to keep the focus on.

I think it is very important because when Secretary Mineta said, well, those are the old folks--old folks, new folks, some people do not care.

I am very concerned about Sacramento. I think Sacramento has been neglected.

So if half the frequent fliers did this, you've got a 25 percent easier job.

We had to send our troops to Afghanistan. No one wanted to go.

The problems you are describing are not going to get away that easily.

I want to assure you, as a member of the traveling public, that a little inconvenience is not going to worry me.

They need to have some attention paid over there.

I just do not accept it, and I just want to push a little harder on the point.

We cannot live with that type of performance.

They had a 41 percent failure rate----

We know. That is why they are interim and not permanent.