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US airports can opt-out of TSA
Did you know that the nation's airports are not required to have Transportation Security Administration screeners checking passengers at security checkpoints? The 2001 law creating the TSA gave airports the right to opt out of the TSA program in favor of private screeners after a two-year period. Now, with the TSA engulfed in controversy and hated by millions of weary and sometimes humiliated travelers, Rep. John Mica, the Republican who will soon be chairman of the House Committee on… (www.washingtonexaminer.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
In response to Go5go and rybar - besides this whole process of trying to keep us safer, your comments are right in suggesting it's all about money. So what's new?
Airports can opt out? Not when $ are involved they won't. If none opt out it'd be evidence the Feds threatened cutting that airport's budget. We'll see.
The private security firms would still have to follow TSA SOP.
Got to admit - TSA does a good job, considering their employees are dumb as rocks.
If it means we can travel safe, I'll take a little inconvenience. It's not the inconvenience that's the problem. It's the fact that I always run into some "Dirty Harry" wanna be who's failed his local law enforcement exam so instead chooses to take it out on me and my family.
TSA is a high payed morons with the lack of common scence. They lack professionalim, common courtesy and respect to the public.
TSA scan violated the 4th admentment of the US Constitution.
Recomend the TSA social club!
We do not need TSA scanner to have safe aircraft. We have the Air marshall and armed crwmember to fire the last shot in the air. Hell with TSA. DO NOT YOU TO SCANNED. STOP FLYINGUT PRESURE THE THE TSA QUEEN mRS. NAPOLITANO AND HER MACDADDY MR. JOHN PI.....