Originally Posted by
birdstrike
How is this different from metal in shoes triggering the magnetometers pre-TSA?
Comrade Hawley decided that the WTMD doesn't work on shoes. This NTAC has no idea how most/all of the pieces of equipment at the checkpoint work, but that doesn't stop him from making inane "security" decisions.
(See Office Space, esp. Michael Bolton if you don't get the acronym.)