Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
Would you (as a passenger) rather have TSA opening hundreds of suitcases in baggage check without public witnesses?

Seriously, I am curious about the thinking. It's 100% clear that the decision was not based on what the pax would prefer. From the security standpoint of minimizing lots of people with lots of luggage crammed into a congested, constrained area, you would want the logjam in baggage claim.