whistle-blower says airports across the u.s. is becoming unsafe. in an exclusive report, that whistle-blower is telling cnn the tsa is cutting standards to make lines move faster. this tsa whistle-blower is coming forward because he says the concerns he raised over the last couple of years have not been addressed. to put it simply, he says the agency is putting speed over security. he said the tsa officers on the front lines are not to blame. the screening changes, he said, have come from tsa leadership. more than 40 million u.s. airline passengers are expect god through airport security checkpoints this holiday, but this tsa security director says you may not be as safe as you think. what they re doing is injecting danger into the system. jay brainard is the top official in his state and has been with the agency for 17
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.
technology. this internal memo state as of last month the x-ray machines should be operated without the auto algorithm enabled. a box will come around and say stop and take a look at this, that box is no longer on the screen. tsa has made changes to the settings which really hampers the ability of the operator. tsa will say this is preczech. they ve put millions of passengers into precheck that are not precheck, so you do not have an entire population in precheck that are vetted. david pekoski says they re not doing that. rest assured that we do provide the level of security that we think is appropriate based on the risk of the passenger. brainard says the issues he s razed especially for an agency with a 95% failure rate in
the agency will not continue until next year. brainard knows despite whistle-blower protections and consistent top ratings on his tsa tsa performance evaluations, it could cost him his job. i fully expect the first discussion they re going to have is how to hire me. but he believes this is too urgent to keep quiet. cnn reached out to both agencies investigating brainard s complaints, but no comments from either. brainard has obtained a whistle-blower attorney. in response to our complaints in the story, tsa said whistle-blower, and i m quoting, provide a very responsible service and it s our responsibility to investigate those concerns to see if there s a valid risk or not, but the tsa said they have not complete third assessment. rene marsh, cnn, washington.
despite whistle-blowerer protections and consistent top ratings on his performance evaluations, speaking out could cost him his job. i fully suspect the first discussion they re going to have is how they can fire me. but he believes these issues are too urgent to keep quiet. no changes have been made to the body scanners that travelers go to law. cnn reached out and got no comment regarding these complaints. brainard has object stained a whistle-blowerer attorney. the tsa toll me whistle-blowerers, and i m quoting, provide a valuable service and it s our responsibility to fully investigate those concerns to see if they represent a valid security risk or not, but the tsa says they have not completed its assessment. boris johnson gets his wish. next year and the uk gets its eu