Originally Posted by
bzcat
There are no such thing as "transit lounge" anywhere in the US since 9/11. Our Govt has deemed everyone flying on airplanes as a potential terrorist.
That's got nothing to do with 9/11. US airports didn't have transit lounges before 9/11, either, and it has nothing to do with the government's idea of who is a potential terrorist. It's just a different system. We usually don't have sequestered international-only concourses, so you have to "enter the US" to proceed with an onward flight.