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Old May 25, 2016 | 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by cestmoi123
Well, if we're using "propensity to commit terrorist acts" as the criteria for PreCheck or not, then there's a good argument to bar all current and former members of the US armed forces from PreCheck, since they are statistically more likely to commit a terrorist act on US soil than the US population at large. Of course, the numbers are miniscule, but there's certainly no reason to give members of the military and veterans any ADVANTAGE when it comes to PreCheck.
Why would a member or former member of the military be more likely to commit a terrorist act on US soil? Evidence please. And about 25% of TSA is composed of former military members. Does that mean that we are likely to have a TSA employee commit that terrorist act?

As a former military member I find your statement to be very distasteful!
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