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posted by chromas on Thursday August 02 2018, @10:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the save-the-theatrics dept.

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The Transportation Security Administration is considering eliminating passenger screening at more than 150 small and medium-sized airports across the US, according to senior agency officials and internal documents obtained by CNN.

The proposal, if implemented, would mark a major change for air travel in the US, following nearly two decades of TSA presence since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and comes as the Trump administration has stepped up screening measures for items such as laptops and tablets.

Internal documents from a TSA working group say the proposal to cut screening at small and some medium-sized airports serving aircraft with 60 seats or fewer could bring a "small (non-zero) undesirable increase in risk related to additional adversary opportunity."

The internal documents from June and July suggest the move could save $115 million annually, money that could be used to bolster security at larger airports.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/01/politics/tsa-considering-eliminating-screening-at-smaller-airports/index.html


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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:09AM (10 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:09AM (#716145)

    When non-screened US airports feed the "real" transportation hubs like LaGuardia and JFK, will we be treating the passengers like we do international flights now?

    Anybody ever see "FreeJack"?

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:22AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @11:22AM (#716147)

    Pick your theatre: You can have security at the borders or you can have security everywhere. [dw.com]

    • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:25PM (2 children)

      by isostatic (365) on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:25PM (#716163) Journal

      Where is the border on a flights from SF to LA?

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:10PM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:10PM (#716182) Journal

        On your right (with intentional waters) and straight ahead (with Mexico). You're welcome.

        (grin)

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        • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday August 02 2018, @05:41PM

          by bob_super (1357) on Thursday August 02 2018, @05:41PM (#716348)

          It's definitely an aggravating circumstance which requires extra screening, having to deal with intentional waters.
          I hear those are filled with sharks, too.
          (grin)

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by khallow on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:34PM (4 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 02 2018, @12:34PM (#716168) Journal
      Or we could just not have the theater?
      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:13PM (2 children)

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:13PM (#716184) Journal

        Screaming is not usually a problem at the smaller airports. So why even bother to eliminate it there? Smaller airports do not seem to interfere with the theater experience. And you are more likely to know the people groping you.

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        • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:20PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:20PM (#716230)

          Screaming is not usually a problem at the smaller airports.

          Yes, only long haul flights have the screeching infant held with it's face between the head rests of the seats in front... for the entire fucking flight. TSA and airlines should also offer the torture light or "gitmo experience" where you can be waterboarded for the entire flight time.

        • (Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:47PM

          by opinionated_science (4031) on Thursday August 02 2018, @02:47PM (#716247)

          not true. My local airport has 12 gates (2 wings). A single scanner, metal detector and 2 belts. Granted, they seem quite professional, how it has taken over *90 minutes* to get through to a gate, because the "TSA Pre" option was slowing down everyone else!!!!

          I feel sure we are being manipulated with this recent release, as someone is well aware how unpopular the TSA is.

          I guess as the old adage goes, "follow the money".

      • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday August 02 2018, @08:36PM

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday August 02 2018, @08:36PM (#716438)

        Think of the jobless TSA agents, think of the worried travelers, think of the contractors all over the country who still have millions of income riding on delivering the next X-ray machine / explosive sniffer / bioparticle amplifier, think of how much harder it will be to pick political targets out of the queues of travelers and arrest them.

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  • (Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Thursday August 02 2018, @07:19PM

    by ElizabethGreene (6748) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 02 2018, @07:19PM (#716403) Journal

    They'll add screening at the larger airports and screen the inbound passengers the way they do for inbound passengers from insecure countries.

    As a frequent traveler I don't love the idea. If I get fed up with the TSA at my source airport I can walk out, rent a car, and drive. A poor implementation of this idea takes away my option to do this mid-trip.

    I understand their motivation though. In Little airports (Charlottesville VA comes to mind) the TSA guys are ~ 1/3rd of the total airport staff.