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The agency will not continue until next year. brainard knows despite whistle-blower protections and consistent top ratings on his tsa tsa performance evaluations, it could cost him his job. >> i fully expect the first discussion theyre going to have is how to hire me. >> but he believes this is too urgent to keep quiet. >> cnn reached out to both agencies investigating brainards complaints, but no comments from either. brainard has obtained a whistle-blower attorney. in response to our complaint...

Despite whistle-blowerer protections and consistent top ratings on his performance evaluations, speaking out could cost him his job. >> i fully suspect the first discussion theyre going to have is how they can fire me. >> but he believes these issues are too urgent to keep quiet. >> no changes have been made to the body scanners that travelers go to law. cnn reached out and got no comment regarding these complaints. brainard has object stained a whistle-blowerer attorney. the tsa toll me whistle...

Administration warms that changes to the screening process are putting people at risk. >> this tsa whistle-blowerer is coming forward because he says the concerns he has raised over the last couple of years have not been addressed. he says the tsa officers on the front line are not to blame. these screening changes, he says, have come from tsa leadership. >>. >> what theyre doing is injecting danger into the system. >> jay brainard is the top tsa official in his state and has been with the agenc...

Ordered dhs to investigate brainards complaints, writing, theres a substantial likelihood that what was provided to osc is gross mismanagement and danger to the publy. >> my biggest fear is having something happen that costs american lives and i didnt step up and put a stop to it or at least try because its going to happen. its not a question of if. its a question of when. were long overdue for another attack. >> tsa did take action on one of brainards complaints. he said they continued to use a...

Machines, allowing some with medical devices to do their own self-pat down and something called blended lanes where theyre mixed in one line, something that could confuse screeners. >> they now have to mentally switch themselves on and off with whats permitted, whats not permitted with every passenger. last time i checked, it was not stellar. >> reporter: last year the special counsel ordered dhs to investigate brainards complaints, writing, there is a substantial likelihood that the information...

He said the changes have come from tsa leadership. more than 40 million u.s. airline passengers are expected to go through airport security checkpoints this holiday, but this tsa security director says you may not be as safe as you think. >> what theyre doing is injecting danger into the system. >> reporter: jay brainard is the top tsa official in his state and has been with the agency for 17 years. he said tsa is cutting corners on the screening process to shorten wait times. one example, tsa r...

Brainard has obtained a whistle-blower attorney in response to the complaints in our story. the head of tsa told me the whistle-blowers, im quoting, provide a very valuable service, and its our responsibility to fully investigate those concerns to see if they represent a valid security risk or not. but the tsa says they have not completed their assessment. rene marsh, cnn, washington. still to come, weve got new national polling that suggestions the democrats lead over president trump is getti...

They said they continue to use an ineffective test to determine if new-hires were colorblind, a disqualifying medical concern even after concerns for tests were raised. >> if you had something in the bag and somebody were colorblind, they wouldnd see the bomb if it were the only thing in the bag. >> reporter: tsa is now using a new test for new-hires. but the agency will not continue testing the existing work force until the end of next year. brainard knows despite whistle-blower protections and...

Population who are prechecked. >> david pekoske says theyre not putting wait times over security. >> im not going to discuss procedures because thats not appropriate to do, but rest assured we provide the level of security we think is appropriate based on the level of the passenger. >> reporter: brainard says the issues hes raised are especially problematic with an agency with a 95% failure right rate in detecting dangerous items at the check point. theys according to an audit in 2015. another a...

Season. if you and your loved ones are flying you want to hear this. a ts whistle-blower tells cnn the agency has been cutting corners to shorten wait times at airports. jay brainard said among the changes they have reduced the sensitivity on walk-through metal detectors, reducing the likely number of patdowns. the tsa is disabling technology on the baggage x-ray and pre-check lanes, technology supposed to help screeners spot explosives and all of this is to make things move faster. the tsa said...