it wrong. the algorithm is proving in our assessment to get it right more than the human gets it right. the tsa assists it is committed to passenger privacy immediately destroying most images. signs and security lines show you when you re about to be part of the test. you can opt out and have an agent confirm your i.d. manually. i prefer a person right now. there has to be some kind of parameter in terms of privacy. i don t think tsa has made the case that this is the system that is the best use of resources to protect the american public. reporter: more than 20 state and local governments have implemented some sort of restriction on using facial recognition technology. the tsa says that will not impact the pilot program as it looks towards an in your face approach to safety. what i hope in the long run is that we re able to embed more and more advanced technology in our screening processes.
october of 2020, a pentagon report to congress detailed how domestic extremist actively recruit military personnel. we have a problem. the scope of which we don t fully understand. but democrats and republicans have asked the department for a definition of extremism. improved screening processes and status report an implementation on recommendations you still have not yet received it. we have not received it. wife is why just last week the house passed the 22 ndaa given you authorities to counter extremism. the citing overburden sew training and data collection requirements. not a single sentence how to improve it just opposition to congress. congress is about to authorize and appropriate $768 billion to
0 of its troops, contractors and non-diplomatic personnel from afghanistan no later than may 1st, 2021. in june 2020 the u.s. troop levels reached 8600. in october president former president trump tweeted we should have a small number of remaining brave men and women serving in afghanistan home by christmas. in november 17, 2020 then acting secretary of defense miller announced we ll implement former president trump east order to continuing repositioning forces from afghanistan. and the 2500 u.s. troops who remain there by january 15th. on january 15th he announced there were 2500 troops left. on january 20th biden became president. 2500 troops were then in afghanistan. on april 14th president biden announced his intention to continue the withdrawal all regular u.s. troops by september 11th. four months after the pre-planned may 1st deadline. on july 2nd italy and germany withdrew their troops on july 17th we have had specific testimony here on what then happened from july 17th on. a
start of their journey of their new lives in the united states. they have a very long way to go, but they at least are inside american borders. the vast majority of those flown out are in limbo. they re not in afghanistan anymore but nor are they in the united states. they are in places like the air force base here in doha and germany and various third countries. the state department has been pulling in all sorts of diplomatic favors, asking countries throughout central asia, the middle east and europe can you temporarily house some of these people while we put them through the screening processes, the security vetting, the coronavirus testing before they will be allowed to come to the united states. of course, we should say there are thousands and thousands more still trapped inside
as a condition additional screening processes and procedures so no, we can t guarantee anyone anything. certainly we re working are a range of countries around the world to ensure that there s safe places for individuals who are fleeing from afghanistan and have a safe place to go. a situation that you might reject somebody s asylum application and send them back to afghanistan. i don t anticipate that being the plan. thanks. is the white house aware of members of congress that are planning to make a trip to afghanistan at this time? i don t have anymore information on that, no. have you learned anything about how they made this trip, how they were able to get in to the country? did they show up on you should ask them that question. ask a question on cyber security. sure. in light of today s summit. does the white house believe that the private sector can make