5:04 PM (6 hours ago)Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole admits to witholding information on TSA pat-downsfrom Fire Andrea Mitchell! by adminWhat’s more shocking here? That Pistole actually admitted to withholding pat-down information or that McClatchy actually revealed this story? Both are equally shocking to me. Anyway, the story reveals that Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole admitted today that he disregarded internal advice to the contrary and decided not tell the public in advance about aggressive new screening and pat-down procedures for airline passengers. Pistole’s excuse? He thought terrorists would exploit the information. Uh ok. fearing terrorists could try to exploit the information.In an hour-long discussion with reporters, Pistole said media officials at the Department of Homeland Security had urged him to “get out ahead” of the potential controversy by formally announcing plans for enhanced body searches and the use of new x-ray and radio-wave imaging devices at 70 airports beginning in November.
But doing so would have provided a “roadmap or blueprint for terrorists” to avoid detection by using other airports where the new technology wasn’t in place, Pistole said.
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