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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 they're 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 brainard's complaints, but no comments from either. brainard has obtained a whistle-blower attorney. in response to our complaints in the story, tsa said whistle-blower, and i'm quoting, provide a very responsible service and i...

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 they're 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-blowerers, and i'm quoting, provide a valuable service and it's our responsibility to fully invest...

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 they're doing is injecting danger into the system. >> jay brainard is the top tsa official in his state and has been with the agency for 17 years. he says tsa is cutting corners on the screening process to

Ordered dhs to investigate brainard's complaints, writing, there's 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 didn't step up and put a stop to it or at least try because it's going to happen. it's not a question of if. it's a question of when. we're long overdue for another attack. >> tsa did take action on one of brainard's complaints. he said they continued to use an ineffective test to determine if new hires were colorblind, a disqualifying medical condit...

Machines, allowing some with medical devices to do their own self-pat down and something called blended lanes where they're mixed in one line, something that could confuse screeners. >> they now have to mentally switch themselves on and off with what's permitted, what's not permitted with every passenger. last time i checked, it was not stellar. >> reporter: last year the special counsel ordered dhs to investigate brainard's complaints, writing, there is a substantial likelihood that the information provided to osc discloses gross mismanagement and specific danger to public safety. >> my bigge...