mr. mcclean, you have brought to our attention a lot of information about the threat of ied's. given the failed bombing attack, the shoe bomber and the the test results are shared among screening management, but there is just no metric to focus on the detection rates and whether or not that would reflect badly on the scorecard. sen. baldwin: mr. mcclean, you have brought to our attention a lot of information about the threat of ied's. and certainly given the failed bombing attack of the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber, these sort of things, the evolving ability of terrorists to assemble miniature ied's and remotely detonate them or as you described, the increased threat of larger ied's in the airport perimeter -- these are huge concerns. you have already commented a little bit further in the questioning. but how do you believe resources should be re-prioritized to better protect against these threats and, if you could elaborate a little bit more about the things you were talking about earlier in that capacity to help address this threat? mr. maclean: i am glad you asked. i

mr. mcclean you have brought to our attention a lot of information about the threat of ied's. given the failed bombing attack the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber, the evolving ability of terrorists to assemble ied's or the increased threat of larger ied's in the airport perimeter -- these are huge concerns. you have already commented a little bit further in the questioning. how do you believe resources should be re-prioritized to better protect against these threats and, if you could elaborate a little bit more about the things you were talking about earlier in that capacity to help address this threat? mr. maclean: i am glad you asked. i really want to talk about it. the pre-check is done well when it reduces the time the screeners need to focus on nonthreatening passengers. i would like to see those tso's who participate more and then the four points that i mentioned on the physical security implementation on the aircraft so that you can get more air marshals on the ground. i love that thought -- these are not teams that i want down there ripping and arresting anybody t