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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 5:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
Well Spiff, since TSA permits airport and TSA employees access to the secure areas without any screening the only meaningful screening that TSA does would be Gate Screening. The primary screening that is done is a total waste of time since contraband can be introduced by other means.

For what's it's worth, TSA is a Total Waste of Time.

But I still want clean gloves!
It's not meaningful at all if the jetbridge search is done by an unscreened individual. It's a reach, but one could work for TSA and be a terrorist plant with sleight-of-hand skills.
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