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Rep. Paul Broun says John Pistole has 'failed miserably' at keeping travelers safe
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Turns -- going through those airport body scanners that see everything might be a waste of time and money many experts saying that they would have missed.
-- -- is new and improved underwear bomb.
-- sterilized so grilling a member of Homeland Security on that.
Do -- agree that there is a high likelihood that advanced imaging would have caught the new ball.
On that's a very interesting question and I I would have great difficulty answering that an open.
Sessions are now add to that the high profile cases regarding allegations of the TSA harassing and humiliating passengers.
And -- the TSA chief John pistols in the hot -- some lawmakers questioning why he has the job.
All -- one of them Georgia congressman sits on the house homeland security committee sir good morning to you.
Good morning Bill -- that ballistic missile had built by the question is why are your words so strong against.
What -- won him out.
-- build this biffle has one job in this keep American travelers safe he's failed miserably at that job it's time for him to go.
Are you call the TSA bloated and broke in as a bureaucracy.
He charged at the safety of American travelers requires drastic change -- now is the time for that change.
But -- -- -- obligation -- responsibility in your part to give us a solution.
What is it.
-- -- -- -- the solution is we've got to stop padding down -- on children we've got to start focusing on those who want to harm us.
In fact I congratulate our intelligence community for interceding -- -- this underwear bomber from getting on airplane before.
Al-Qaeda and attacked -- aircraft.
It's not the TSA.
Did stop this affect the TSA has not stopped one terrorist act not the first -- We've spent.
Almost sixty billion dollars we have to have intelligence is stop patting down grandma on children and focus on those that -- -- harm assess what we must do.
To prevent these kind of attack.
It's well here is what Department of Homeland Security says in part John pestilence -- quoting now.
Candid TSA -- more than 25 years of law enforcement experience.
The secretary and the administration have the utmost confidence in mr.
pistols leadership and his commitment to ensuring the safety of all Americans again replace him what what.
And home.
A lot of who will replace him with but the TSA needs to totally changes direction in the home part of Homeland Security does too.
In in fact.
We have known.
Terrorists flying today in fact seventeen known terrorist on the no fly list.
Have gotten on airplanes multiple times and have -- and we're pat down grandma children.
This is NA least need to start focus and all those who won't -- harmless and that.
Is terrorist it's gonna take intelligence it's gonna take.
People who boots on the ground the try to too.
Infiltrate these various terrorist organizations found out what they're up to unstoppable for the ever get to an airport and that we've got its population and they're going to make his -- it and many would say take all of the above strategy.
Well well well the thing.
No we have not.
Stopped -- terrorists from -- and we've focus in on objects is not though.
The way to do this we've got to have the intelligence we have to to do what the CIA did in this recent.
In this recent case and didn't.
Homeland Security I've been saying this for two years now.
The department Hamlin security and TSA needs to stop -- -- people.
It that.
Are American citizens patting down grandma until I and I got I got a harder line on that letter added to the C for what they did absolutely unveiling of him profiling them and how would you do it.
Now we've got to focus on chairs and whatever it.
Method of focus in on terrorists is the way we need to do that -- -- -- so we've got to focus on the -- we've got to get in and Bob in.
Having their intelligence we've got to have boots on the ground.
To get into those terrorist organizations.
Not only those.
Here in the United States but overseas we have not had one.
Not the first report aircraft in this country that has been involved it's all overseas.
A congressman brown thank you for your time we've reached ninety -- -- -- we hope to have him come on.
And respond to the charges today hopefully that will happen and Washington --
