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Old Mar 23, 2016, 6:37 am
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ND Sol
 
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Originally Posted by DIFIN
It would be if the airport is within 100 mi of a border or the ocean, thanks to the (un)patriot act.....
It's been around a lot longer than that:

The regulations establishing the 100-mile border zone were adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1953—without any public comments or debate.
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