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Those are direct flights into the united states, but what happened at shar mel shake is an insider threat. someone was comprised or radicalized or perhaps bribed to put a piece of luggage, a bomb on the airplane, that is a worker at the airport. we can have the best screening technology but if we have an insider threat out there, that is very, very hard to stop. that kind of scenario playing on an airliner flying directly into the united states is what i'm most concerned about. and isis has demonstrated they have that capable. we only thought al qaeda in the arabian peninsula had. so this is s...

Undetected bomb. are you confident in our current screening technology? >> for this particular material candidly, no. and i can't say that i am. i think the pat down probably is better than the magnetometer. i think americans have to understand that this particular kind of explosives nonmetallic is not easily detectable. and that is one of the reasons why abdulmutallab wore it in his underwear so he couldn't be patted down sufficiently to detect it and that is a problem and something that tsa has to grapple with. and the american pub liv publit been terribly sympathetic. most travelers say i w...

Are you confidence in our screening technology? >>guest: for this particular material, candidly, no. and i cannot 10 that i am. i think the patdown probably is better than the machines and americas have to understand that this particular kind of explosive, nonmetallic, is not easy to detect. that is one of the reasons that the suspect wore it in his underwear. so that is a problem. and that is something that t.s.a. has to grapple with. and the american public has not been terribly sympathetic but most people are. most travelers say i will go with the flow, i recognize the need. therefore, i do...

More than nine months. some more than a year. while nearly 300 airports across the country go unprotected by the newest, best bomb-scanning technology. >> there are airports around america that really don't realize that in dallas, texas, there are huge amounts of this equipment sitting in excess. >> reporter: a congressional investigation concludes that the tsa is not only wasting $184 million by not deploying security equipment, it is warehousing the one device that can actually detect a nonmetallic plastic explosive. when congress asked why, the report says the tsa told them they ordered ext...

Smaller parts are getting uneasier? >> if they do bulk shipments we have screening technology that can detect large shipments, if they parse them in pieces, it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. you need layer defense. mexico needs to be more on their own side of the border. the fact that we requested the mexican government to form equivalent of customs on their border. they have not done that equivalent. our current resources and aid to mexico needs to be contingent upon them showing visible results in doing so. >> heather: how many different agencies are involved in trying to stop...