John Pistole Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by John Pistole The key is to be unpredictable. John Pistole travel The threat today is unfortunately more expansive than what it was four and a half years ago, ...With that being said, we also have better insights into who the potential bombers are. John Pistole politics That is one of things that concerns us, how well do they design, construct and then conceal. John Pistole politics Without going into details about what that may look like from a classified intelligence perspective, we do remain concerned that there is active plotting going on. John Pistole politics There are individuals we are concerned about and we are again looking at if they make travel reservations, then they of course receive proper scrutiny. John Pistole politics I think that's been one of the biggest changes...We're more efficient. Complaints are down. Wait times are down. John Pistole politics I am not aware of any intelligence about it as of last week, there was no talk about something like that. John Pistole politics My greater concern, rather than just a lone wolf, is simultaneous attacks such as you saw on 9/11...with that being said, we also have better insights into who the potential bombers are. John Pistole politics 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 partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward. John Pistole best together work way I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission. John Pistole intelligence support technology focus 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 much information about a passenger as the law allows without profiling. John Pistole security information law people 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 been properly screened. John Pistole personal privacy want people I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety. John Pistole privacy safety balance people 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 parts of the world. John Pistole more being know world 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 assured with the highest level of confidence that everybody else on that flight has been properly screened, and including me and you and everybody. John Pistole me you confidence way 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 al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft. John Pistole down intelligence technology hurt The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight. John Pistole through go security flight I want to take TSA to the next level. John Pistole take next-level next want 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. John Pistole potential more will attention Pilots are not the threat. John Pistole threat pilots
