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Pat downs: needed security or junk touching?

John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, is hit with questions about new pat-down techniques that air passengers have complained ar...

Federal News Network Staff

November 17, 2010 10:08 am

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Is there such thing as too much security at airports? New pat-down techniques have been creating quite a buzz with some passengers. TSA Administrator John Pistole was on Capitol Hill yesterday taking questions from the Senate Homeland Security Committee about the new security measures. Bob Cusack is a managing editor for The Hill. He’s been following this story and joins us with the details of the hearing.

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