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Dedicateed as i've met in all my years in washington. he did a phenomenal job with the fbi before he came to the tsa. there's been a mistake making tsa the enemy, when it is al-qaeda. >> are politicians political sizing your safety? joining us for a fair and balanced debate, political science professor at occidental college. and susan estrich, welcome to you both. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> susan, do you think politics are being played with this issue? busiest travel time of the year. nobody loves getting held up. how much is privacy, how much is politics? >> i don't know shannon. what i thin...

Heard and read and from my daughter's own experience traveling, people did not, you know, protest the tsa. i think most of us understand these are people who are trying to do a job that is critical to our light and safety. >> caroline, have you been surprised by the backlash? a lot of people have talked about privacy, feeling violated. are you surprised that people are objecting so much to these procedures? >> well, i'm surprised that they are not objecting more. according to polls only a third of americans are opposed to what i actually consider to be very invasive whether it is nude photos o...

>> after a lot of talk from politics, pundits and ordinary citizens, president obama had this to say about the controversial tsa security measures. this is going to be something that evolves. we have to work on it. i under stand frustrations, i know if in was an explosion that killed a couple hundred people and it turned out we could have it, that would be upsetting to most of us, including me. better safe than sorry that's at message from the president. here's what two lawmakers have to say. >> any time government gets ahold of anything, it usually does it in a very expensive and inefficient ...