Amount Quote by Jim Ryun

Having the equivalent of 150,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs at the ready does nothing to protect us from terrorists planning to sneak in a bomb through…

— Ben Cohen

The bottom line is how do we best provide for the security of the traveling public in light of a determined enemy who is…

— Anonymous

The TSA's airport body scanners have been shown to be so ineffective, the Homeland Security chairman suggested using traditional metal detectors. While LaGuardia will…

— Jimmy Fallon

Today, barely 5 percent of all containers coming into the United States through our ports are scanned.

— Alcee Hastings

Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection, it still physically inspects only a small…

— Mike Fitzpatrick

Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and…

— Allyson Schwartz

The Department of Homeland Security is a strategic feel good measure. It's going to be the Department of Agriculture for the 21st century. TSA…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Increased and better screening for explosives is necessary - and Congress should fund it and TSA should implement it as quickly as possible -…

— Dave Reichert

Terrorists can utilize any vulnerability in the system and that would include outbound shipments.

— Asa Hutchinson

We're trying to do for the national ­security apparatus what FedEx did for the postal ­service.

— Erik Prince

Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and…

— Timothy Murphy

The quest for homeland security is heading ... toward the quasi-militarization of everyday life ... If danger might lurk anywhere, maybe everything must be…

— William Greider