TSA Chief Admits Passenger Profiling 'Not Perfect'

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Channel: FORA.tv · 2010 · News & Politics

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Transportation Security Administration head John Pistole says TSA attempts to identify lower-risk passengers, but it is not a "perfect science" and they must look at intelligence to "best inform (their) judgements." 

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Monitor Breakfast: Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Administrator John Pistole sits down for a conversation with attendees of the Monitor Breakfast to discuss the implementation and safety of Advanced Imaging Technology (full-body scanners), anticipating terrorist threats, and traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday. - The Monitor Breakfast

John S. Pistole was sworn in as the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) fifth Administrator in July 2010. As TSA Administrator, he oversees management of a 60,000-strong workforce, the security operations of more than 450 federalized airports throughout the U.S., the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), and the security for highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines.

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