Originally Posted by
dagowolf
Which has always begged the question, if you are screened when you enter 'sterile' and all goods and workers are supposedly screened (whether via machines or background checks), then aren't these searches tantamount to admission by the TSA that their primary screening is excessively flawed?
Stop using logic, it's only confusing the situation.
I wouldn't say "excessively". Yet enough to start the debate.
There's a defense for refusing a gate search. "you are hence admitting that your checkpoint security is inadequate, which makes me feel unsafe enough to decide not to fly. you may not search me, I'm leaving now, go find an LEO to escort me out".