I Believe We Have To Move, Eventually

All Images Generated By Imaging Technology Are Viewed In A Walled-off Location Not Visible To The Public. The Officer Assisting The Passenger Never Sees The Image, And The Officer Viewing The Image Never Interacts With The Passenger. The Imaging Technology That We Use Cannot Store, Export, Print Or Transmit Images.

One Of The Most Striking Elements Of Today's Threat Picture Is That Plots To Attack America Increasingly Involve American Residents And Citizens.

I Believe That Streamline Should Be Part Of Our Toolbox Of Things That We Use At The Border. And There Needs To Be A Variety Of Things That We Use At The Border To Get The Most Effective Enforcement Strategy. And So Really It's A Resource Issue More Than Anything Else.

As Part Of Our Layered Approach, We Have Expedited The Deployment Of New Advanced Imaging Technology (ait) Units To Help Detect Concealed Metallic And Non-metallic Threats On Passengers. These Machines Are Now In Use At Airports Nationwide, And The Vast Majority Of Travelers Say They Prefer This Technology To Alternative Screening Measures.

Nonetheless, To The Extent That Terrorists Have Come Into Our Country Or Suspected Or Known Terrorists Have Entered Our Country Across A Border, It's Been Across The Canadian Border. There Are Real Issues There.