One Of The Most Striking

Now, A Lot Of What We Are Doing Right Now, Quite Frankly, Is Because Of What Happened On Christmas. Many Of The Things Were Kind Of In The Works. We Were Already Planning, For Example, The Purchase And Deployment Of Advanced Imaging Technology. You Call Them Body Scanners. We Call Them Aits (advanced Imaging Technologies).

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.

It Drove Home, Personally, The Value Of Early Detection And Education And Intervention.

It Would Be Unwise To Say The Least, Irresponsible Of Us At The Tsa, At The Homeland Security Department Not To Evolve Our Technology To Match The Changing Threat Environment That We Inhabit.

I've Appointed A Task Force To Take A Fresh Look At The Color-code System And Whether We Should Retain It, Change It Or Scrap It.