Originally Posted by
DeafBlonde
Seriously?
They buy this fancy "randomizer" (because they can't keep themselves from "profiling") and it chooses which of the two lines to send the passengers through, which both have the same level of "security" theater?
TSA = What a JOKE!
1) It's notoriously difficult for people to produce "randomness" without external aids such as a fair coin or die or some other device. People who think they're acting "randomly" usually act with some bias --- and in many cases are completely unaware of it.
2) I think the TSO may have been trying to make a subtler point --- frankly, the same point that many here make. Passengers who go through the PreCheck line are no more likely to cause a terrorist event aboard an aircraft than passengers who go through the "ordinary" line. In that sense, both lines provide the "same" level of security.