Originally Posted by
mn_voyageur
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I do have an answer:
"I believe that TSA continues this dance to avoid being challenged in other areas. If they stopped requiring the removal of shoes, then the public might expect them to stop gate searches."
mn_voyageur; Welcome to FT. ^^
I believe your answer to be correct. If TSA is seen to be backing away from one facile thing they do, the circus as a whole becomes visible in a different light, and is in danger of collapse
ie how could shampoo be dangerous yesterday, but not today? People only passingly involved will begin to question the whore
on water, the nonsensical demands for GIPID to check against your home printed BP, the need to have shoes upright in the X-Ray, as well as more telling ignorance symptoms such as the blind spots for non-liquid explosives.