<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
Your third paragraph makes me wonder if you've been enjoying a few bong hits yourself.
Anyway, if the selectee program is all the airlines, how come a GA cannot deselect someone? How come the GA can not overrule a screener who has grabbed someone? I don't believe for a second that the TSA is without blame in this tragic act of the sham security circus.</font>
The GA cannot deselect anyone because that would create a "hole" in the system. Yes, there are plenty, but if the GA could do that, then he/she could be "bought off" and deselect someone who "might" have nefarious intent. I am not saying that is the only reason, but it is one of them. The TSA has the authority to increase the number of "selectees" as it sees fit, but it cannot go below the number set by the airlines.
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