Originally Posted by
tinman435
I live in NYC. I take the subway to and from work every day. Sometimes I see the NYPD bag check "check points". They rarely stop anyone. I don't think I've ever seen TSA with them. (Thank God.)
Last July --
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The TSA sponsoring subway bag searches is, in my view, even more egregious than the airport checkpoints.
At least at the airports, regardless of the actual screening methods used and their effectiveness,
every passenger is being screened on
every flight. (Again, never mind about airport employees not being screened to the same degree as passengers.)
But with TSA operations here, a minuscule percentage of riders are being searched, at the cost of millions per year. The NY subway has thousands of entrances, with some stations alone having half a dozen.