Originally Posted by
303george
Its about time. The old system was a disaster waiting to happen, with hundreds of people crammed together in a security line. One small bomb and you would have had carnage on the doorstep of democracy. Keeping people moving and avoiding those type of logjams needs to be just as much a part of the security system as the "screening."
That's a good point and one that seems to be lost on airport security. There is not much in place to control what people might do prior to entering the "secured" area.