chollie

So the checkpoint entry point can be/has now been effectively relocated to a point on the road approaching the airport? That would mean that TSA can stop anyone outside the checkpoint (ticket area, for example) and grill or frisk them.

And if this is a joint exercise with local authorities, one still wonders what the source of that authority is. Checkpoints for drunk driving have to adhere to certain guidelines. If it is a CBP-led operation, again, I don't see what role TSA has in being there.

Of course, the 'you have presented yourself for screening, anything goes' line has already been moved to airport parking lots in some cases, so the precedent is there.