Whistleblower says US airports becoming unsafe as TSA relaxes security measures in favour of speeding up lines

A whistleblower with the TSA is sounding the alarm about loosened security at US airports, charging that top TSA officials have prioritised speed over security by reducing the sensitivity of metal detectors, disabling technology on some X-ray machines, issuing orders to keep the baggage conveyor belts moving in certain circumstances and ordering policy changes that result in fewer pat-downs. Jay Brainard, the highest-ranking TSA official in Kansas, has notified the highest reaches of the TSA as well as outside federal regulatory bodies about the matter, but says little is being done. He believes the relaxed security rules that have occurred over the past couple of years are putting US passengers at risk. "It's not a question of if, it's a question of when,” said Brainard. ”We are long overdue for an attack." <br/>