Originally Posted by copwriter
And we have a kind of circular argument: how do you tell the legit passengers from the criminals?
Legitimate passengers have a valid ticket and a boarding pass. Bringing a prohibited item through a checkpoiint is a civil offence, unless the item is also prohibited by state or federal law.
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terrorists the TSA process is intended to detect or deter. Keep ignoring that distinction if you must, I'm happy to keep correcting you

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