Originally Posted by
PTravel
In another post, a TSO mentioned that he is thanked daily for the job that he does by people passing through his checkpoint. I find that the most frightening of all -- there is a huge segment of the American population that is willing to give up constitutional guarantees against government tyranny in the interest of security. History has shown, consistently, dramatically and often, the results of this kind of thinking.
I don't think there's much abuse of the Constitution going on at the checkpoint. It's outside the checkpoint that I find the TSA's mandate to be a little overbroad.