such as the shoe bomber and many attempts to blow up airplanes. so it s not a new thing. do not underestimate these people. they re capable of hitting us any way they want. there s been a lot of security. and the united states, we like to believe we like to believe that we have a better system. that our tsa agents have a screening process in place that when they make us wipe down our hands and so on, they re testing for bomb residue, that that s going to stop a bomb from getting on board a u.s. aircraft. do you believe it could happen here?
point of view, we have attempt such as the shoe bomber and many attempts to blow up airplanes. so it s not a new thing. do not underestimate these people. they re capable of hitting us any way they want. there s been a lot of security. and the united states, we like to believe we like to believe that we have a better system. that our tsa agents have a screening process in place that when they make us wipe down our hands and so on, they re testing for bomb residue, that that s going to stop a bomb from getting on board a u.s. aircraft. do you believe it could happen here?
bringing anything but carry on bags on board, forcing them to leave checked luggage behind. we re glad that the government are putting security measures in place for us. reporter: overseas airports with direct flights to the united states are preparing for increased security measures. today homeland security secretary jay johnson announced expanded screening of items going onto the aircraft. travelers will also likely see random searches, extra hand swabbing or passengers and possibly more bomb sniffing dogs and assess security at select foreign airports. we talk about the shoe bomber, underwear bomber, printer caprint er cartridges. that s from my perspective where the concern is. reporter: u.s. officials stress there are already multiple layers of security to screen passengers before they ever get on a plane bound for
information or bomb residue and anything like that in. i think they re still working on it you re right, that s the way to confirm, is to take the wreckage and see if you can have explosive residue and that sort of thing. that s in process. okay and as far as terrorists, if it was a bomb, who may be responsible? yeah. it s a numb of suspects. we know there s a significant amount of terrorism in egypt. we know that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and yemen has really been focused on airplane bombs throughout their history. and actually, if you step back to 9/11, we have had the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the print cartridge bomb. a series of adaptable threats to airliners, because the terrorists are always trying to change to innovate to get around our security measures. but they continue to be focused on airliners. and bringing them down. because they know what that means to the world, to disrupt air travel. and to cause the worry and
information or bomb residue and anything like that in. i think they re still working on it you re right, that s the way to confirm, is to take the wreckage and see if you can have explosive residue and that sort of thing. that s in process. okay and as far as terrorists, if it was a bomb, who may be responsible? yeah. it s a numb of suspects. we know there s a significant amount of terrorism in egypt. we know that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and yemen has really been focused on airplane bombs throughout their history. and actually, if you step back to 9/11, we have had the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the print cartridge bomb. a series of adaptable threats to airliners, because the terrorists are always trying to change to innovate to get around our security measures. but they continue to be focused on airliners. and bringing them down. because they know what that means to the world, to disrupt air travel.