Originally Posted by
mahohmei
Did anyone here ever experience that?
Yes. Also experienced security guys who were baffled by a laptop not running a GUI operating system.
While the term "security theater" is a post-9/11 term, wasn't pre-9/11 security just as much a show?
Yep, and revenue protection; the 1996-to-late-2001 ID checks (at check-in rather than security) used the TWA800 tragedy as an excuse to kill the reselling of non-transferable tickets.