Originally Posted by
Caradoc
The only thing the TSA voluntarily gives up is responsibility. Not authority, whether real, usurped, or implied.
This is why they want to be allowed to wave their magic paper over your drinks, chatting you down, and rummaging through your carry-on at the gate while denying any responsibility whatsoever for watching the exit lanes.
Perhaps more importantly this is great program for the TSA - further enabling chats about Friday evening plans, ogling from behind glass panels at the elevated desks, quietly sauntering between security lanes looking concerned. It might just help them elevate their non productive work hours to paid hours ratio to amongst the top tier of government organizations. If they can aggressively expand this I suspect the anti-graft department in Zimbabwe will have to step up its game to retain top spot.