Originally Posted by
cbn42
I think the TSA has said that they want the majority of passengers to be cleared through Precheck in the future.
My feeling is that they realize that the body scanners and shoe removal are pointless, but they want to save face and not admit they were wrong. Therefore, they are hiding behind this concept of different levels of screening. That way, they can speed things up without anyone accusing them of compromising security.
I usually follow the TSA pretty closely and recall no TSA statement that claims TSA wants PreCheck LLL type screening for the majority of passengers at TSA screening checkpoints. The TSA has said it wants more people included in PreCheck.
That's about what the TSA says or doesn't say.
Then there is what the TSA does or doesn't do. In this regard, it's quite clear that currently the TSA has no near-future plans to give PreCheck LLL type screening to the majority of passengers at TSA screening checkpoints.
The TSA is not budgeting for elimination of large numbers of strip search machines. They have cut back on bins for shoes, not that most would notice it.