People being flagged by automated systems’ use is better than the more manual and “random” searches/flagging in the federal inspection area — at least if you value consistency on arrival and/or are concerned about the CBP engaging in ever more and more egregious forms of racist profiling against innocent passengers. Getting rid of paper receipts and paper receipt examiners is going to free up CBP to hassle more innocent passengers at US airports of entry that go “paperless” and do so on a basis that is even less objective (and more personally prejudiced) than is already the case. Biometric entry will just further assist the CBP to go to further extremes than it already does, and I don’t welcome that.

So where did IAD send off all the APC kiosks it had poured money into buying and installing and maintaining for some years now?