Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
I also object because I think such a program (further) alienates foreign visitors to the US; they are often one-time or infrequent visitors who may not wish (or may not qualify) to join the program, so will face the full checkpoint experience while watching US citizens go through the short line. Not a good look for international tourism or indeed for the general perception of the US by the rest of the world.
Based on my experience as a foreigner in US airports, I am pessimistic to the point of believing that we simply will never qualify for the "special treatment" security (in other words, security as it should be, without shoes nonsense or pointless whole body imaging).