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>> reporter: quote, changing all metal detector settings to the tsa precheck setting. to normalize the passenger experience. brainard says the practice continues today. >> you could have a 30-minute wait time and they treat it like it's a national emergency. it is such an unhealthy obsession of placing speed over security. >> reporter: brainard says that obsession also led the tsa to disable technology on x-ray machines that screen carryon bags in precheck lanes. this internal memo states as of last month, those x-ray machines should be operated without the autodetection algorithm enables. >> ...

Setting. brainard said the practice continues today and worries bomb making components could go undetected. you could have a 30 minute wait time and they treat it like a national merge. it's unhealthy obsession. >> reporter: he said that also led to them disabling x-ray machines. this memo states as of last month the x-ray machines should be operated without the autodetection algorithm enabled. >> a box will come around, surround the item say look at this, that box is no longer on the screen. tsa made changes which hamper the ability of the operator. >> they'll say it's precheck. >> they put m...