i was looking at tsa data. apparently last month they reportedly confiscated 200 guns. help me understand, what do i make of that and how does that fit in with the discussion we had here today? >> you want to take a crack at it? >> when you look at probably the vast majority of those confiscations, and i get the reports on those, too, where somebody inadvertently leaves it in their bag, i don't know the difference between somebody accidentally doing or testing the system s, but the fact those are caught doesn't mean things aren't getting through. that's just what's been caught. we have issues in the airline industry also with the dea examining how many drugs are being brought onboard an aircraft. if something can be smuggled own an aircraft, fill in the blank what you want it to be. it could be narcotics, it could be a firearm, it could be an edged weapon. it could be a lot of things. to assume we are catching 100%. we are more vigilant, but not infallible in this case. a lot of the cases of what you're seeing, there are a large number of people that have a concealed ca

i was looking at some tsa data. last month they confiscated 200 guns. help me understand, what do i make of that and how does that fit in with the discussion we have had here today? >> >> when you look at the vast majority of those confiscations, probably, and i get the reports on those, somebody inadvertently leaves it in their bag, i don't know the difference between accidentally doing that or actually testing the system, that could be other question, but the fact those are caught does not mean things are not getting through. that is just what is being caught. we have issues of an airline industry also with the dea examining how many drugs are being brought on board aircraft. if something can be smuggled on an aircraft, just fill in the blank of what you want that to be. it could be narcotics, a firearm, and edged weapon. we are more vigilant. we are not infallible. a lot of the cases, there are large number of them that have a concealed carry and forget to take theirs off before they come to the airport. we have all seen there are people out there te

if in fact the scanners are conceivably harmful, it is a thorough outrage that the tsa is n turning over all the data. and i don't understand why they would not want to do that or do further tests. that's mystifying, as to the point that our good friend in san francisco raised, i don't-- i think a private corporation would not dare thumb its nose at congress, only a branch of the executive with dare thumb its nose at congress and yes, a private company doing the tests would be terrified and immediately rush up to congress, only the executive branch really can be disdainful. >> i guess charlie gasperino had a good point. if there are indications of-- >> and let me ask you, are you worried about the health? >> have you seen our sales guys? >> and is that the only reason-- >> why aren't you worried about it? >> this is a fascinating intellectual exercise notion of that, the tsa could say screw you. >> you're going through an x-ray. >> and it's aviation-- >> you're going through an x-ray and this is something about which i'm quite familiar. you're going through an x-ray machine and our guys doing it thou

i was looking at some tsa data. last month they confiscated 200 guns. help me understand, what do i make of that and how does that fit in with the discussion we have had here today? >> >> when you look at the vast majority of those confiscations, probably, and i get the reports on those, somebody inadvertently leaves it in their bag, i don't know the difference between accidentally doing that or actually testing the system, that could be other question, but the fact those are caught does not mean things are not getting through. that is just what is being caught. we have issues of an airline industry also with the dea examining how many drugs are being brought on board aircraft. if something can be smuggled on an aircraft, just fill in the blank of what you want that to be. it could be narcotics, a firearm, and edged weapon. we are more vigilant. we are not infallible. a lot of the cases, there are large number of them that have a concealed carry and forget to take theirs off before they come to the airport. we have all seen there are people out there te

it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ tsa agents stoppednational airport. he was 45 year old harold wallace -- waller of montana. agents found it tucked in his carry on bag. >> it was tremendous amount of ammunition and planning to do damage. >> he had a carrey agend a. >> investigators will have to figure that out. meanwhile they searched his vehicle and found eight more fire arms. he's now held without bail. >> a warning of anyone thinking of selling on line. there is a growing trend. called robbery by appointments. they pose as buyers and they meet on craig's list. and in fact, it is so common in one part of california. there is a special investigative unit to fight it. casey stegal working it tonight. >> here is a task force in oakland up near pran fran . authorities say these crimes are more prevalent in smaller communities instead of i major metro areas and the reason for that is simple. there are not enough resources in the smaller police departments to tackle the problem. we are not talking about ebay or other purchasing on line thr

on may 31, 2011, we completed the required data collection phase. tsa gathered information from seven ports, 13 facilities. these sites provide data. the final report was submitted to congress february 27, 2012. this data provides a clear picture of the likely impact of using readers at maritime facilities. this pilot conclude that system's function properly when they are designed, installed, and operated in a manner consistent with the characteristic and business state of the vessel operation. thank you for the opportunity to testify. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the progress and related challenges and deploying three t security programs. my observations are based on a large body of work. i would first like to note that tsa have made some notable achievements since the 9/11 attacks. as the witnesses noted today, some remaining challenges still exist. the first program of like to discuss is the behavior detection program. also called spot. this program consist

on may 31, 2011, we completed the required data collection phase. tsa gathered in permission from seven ports, at 13 facilities. -- gathered information from seven ports, 13 facilities. besides purported -- these sites provide data. the final report was submitted to congress february 27, 2012. this data provides a clear picture of the likely impact of using readers at maritime facilities. this pilot conclude that system's function properly when they are designed, installed, and operated in a manner consistent with the characteristic and business state of the vessel operation. thank you for the opportunity to testify. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the progress and related challenges and deploying three t security programs. my observations are based on a large body of work. i would first like to note that tsa have made some notable achievements since the 9/11 attacks. as the witnesses noted today, some remaining challenges still exist. the first program of like t

data and we will develop that as we move forward. one last question that i would have for you. have viper teams ever pulled over cars, suvs or vans? >> i'm not aware of a tsa asset ever pulling over a car or van but i can take that question for the record. >> i would love to have that answer because to my knowledge there is no terrorist that has ever driven a semi-truck. so we find it very curious, the method that was being played with the viper teams and their presence. you can go look at the examples and those were cars and suvs. they were not semi-trucks. i yield back. >> thank you very much. we'll now start our second round of questioning. i'll give it a go for five minutes and then we'll go to mr. cummings. as we talk about the spot program for a minute, if a video spot agent were able to see something that they considered to be suspicious behavior, what's the follow up there? what can they do? do they engage the person in conversation? what's the procedure when a spot agent detects something. is there something they can do and, if so, can you tell me what that is? >> so in our spot program our officers are trained to observe behavior and engage in ca

data. we will follow that as we move forward. one last question, have they ever pulled over cars or vans? >> i am not aware of a tsa assets on a team pulling over a car or a van. >> i would love to have that answer. there is no terrorist that has ever driven a semi truck. we find it very curious the method that was being employed with the team's. you can go look at the example. >> thank you very much. we will now start our second round of questioning. i will give it a go for five minutes. and then we will go to mr. cummings. >> as we talk about the spot program, if an agent were able to see something they considered to be a suspicious behavior, what is the follow-up? what can they do? did they engage the person in conversation? what is the procedure? is there something they can do? can you tell me what that is? >> in our spot program, our officers are trained to observe the behavior and engaged in casual conversations with individuals. if the circumstances warrant, they can engage local law enforcement for further follow- up. >> if they detected something suspicious, i can stop them from boarding the plane? >> if t

data. we will follow that as we move forward. one last question, have they ever pulled over cars or vans? >> i am not aware of a tsa assets on a team pulling over a car or a van. >> i would love to have that answer. there is no terrorist that has ever driven a semi truck. we find it very curious the method that was being employed with the team's. you can go look at the example. >> thank you very much. we will now start our second round of questioning. i will give it a go for five minutes. and then we will go to mr. cummings. >> as we talk about the spot program, if an agent were able to see something they considered to be a suspicious behavior, what is the follow-up? what can they do? did they engage the person in conversation? what is the procedure? is there something they can do? can you tell me what that is? >> in our spot program, our officers are trained to observe the behavior and engaged in casual conversations with individuals. if the circumstances warrant, they can engage local law enforcement for further follow- up. >> if they detected something suspicious, i can stop them from boarding the plane? >> if t