We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport checkpoint. We gather as much information about a passenger as the law allows without profiling.

But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about your safety, your security, and your privacy. Let's work together in partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward.

I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission.

I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.

We want to be sensitive to people's concerns about privacy about their personal being and things, while ensuring that everybody on every flight has been properly screened.

I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'.

We save limited resources in terms of who we are physically screening. The approach will allow us to pay more attention to those potential terrorists.