introduce this kind of variable. reporter: last year the special counsel ordered dhs to investigate brainard s complaints righting, there is a substantial likelihood that the information provided to osc discloses gross mismanagement and specific danger to public safety. my biggest fear is having something happen that costs american lofts, and i didn t step up and put a stop to it at least try because it s going to happen. it s not a question of if, it s a question of when. we are along overdue for another attack. reporter: the tsa took action on one of his complaints saying they continued to use an ineffective test to determine if new hires were colorblind, a disqualifying medical condition even after concerns about the test s effectiveness were raised. if you had something in the bag and the person were colorblind, they wouldn t see the bottom if it were the only thing in the bag. reporter: tsa is using a new test for new hires.
that could confuse screeners. they have to mentally switch themselves on and off about what is permitted and not permitted. the last time i checked our detection rates were not stellar. and it does not make any sense to introduce this scenario. and they write there is a substantial likelihood that the information provided to osc discloses gross mismanagement and specific danger to public safety. my biggest fear is having something happen that costs american lives, and i didn t step up and put a stop to it or at least try to. it will happen. it s not a yes of if, but a question of when. we re long overdue for an attack. the tsa did take action on one concern, the test that
reporter: cnn put this to tsa administrator. he says the agency is not prioritizing wait times over security. i won t discuss any of our particular procedures. rest assured we provide the level of security that we think is appropriate based on the risk of the passenger. reporter: the issues he s raised are especially probl problematic for an agency with 95% failure rate for checking dangerous items at the check point. another audit two years later found there were still vulnerabilities. when you sit back and watch these things happen, it s the most frustrating thing you could happen. there s a substantial likelihood the information provided to osc has gross mismanagement to public safety. my biggest fear is costs that american live and i didn t step
medical devices to do a self-pat down and blended lanes, where precheck and standard passengers are mixed in one line. something that could confuse screeners. they have to switch themselves on and off about what s permitted or not permitted with every other passenger. our detection rates were not stellar last i checked. reporter: last year the special counsel ordered dhs to investigate his complaints writing there is a substantial likelihood that the information provided discloses gross mismanagement and specific danger to public safety. my biggest fear is having something happen that costs american lives and i didn t step up and put a stop to it, or at least try. because it s going to happen. it s not a question of if, it s a question of when. we re long over due on another
counsel ordered the complaints to be investigated. my biggest fear is having something happen that costs american lives and i didn t step up and put a stop to it or at least try. because it s going happen. it s not a question of if. it s a question of when. we are long over-dow for another attack. tsa did take action of one of brainard s complaints. he says they continued to use an ineffective test to determine if new hires were colorblind, a disqualifying condition. if you had something in a bag and if something were colorblind, they wouldn t see the bomb if it were the only thing in the bag. tsa is now using a new test for new hires. but according to this memo, the agency will not continue resefting the existing workforce until the end of next year.