Originally Posted by
mn_voyageur
The question is simple and straight forward. Please answer.
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."
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It might go as far as; if they were wrong on the shoe issue, what other things are they wrong about? That would open TSA to a scrutiny they know they would never endure without people being fired and possibly having charges filed against them in federal courts.