Originally Posted by Mats

Bart, it actually is the TSA.

In Atlanta, Cincinnati, and a few other airports, International Passengers arrive at a midfield location. The exit from Customs and Immigration is in a sterile concourse. One must pass through the sterile concourse to get to the airport exit.

Since passengers have had access to their checked baggage during Customs, ALL passengers must pass through TSA screening--even if they're home already and just trying to leave the airport.

There is no shuttle bus, no secured way of taking non-transit passengers directly to the Landside area.

It's really stupid.

Originally Posted by bocastephen

I might agree with you, but let's remember for a moment that until 9/11, the most catastrophic act of terrorism on American soil was the work of....white, protestant Americans.

We can add the Unibomber to that list. We can also had the legions of white supremists pledged to overthrow the US government violently and create a new order in America...and for what it's worth, let's toss in all those crazy Montana woodsman who range from the tax evaders to the violent armed bands who have done battle with the government already - any of whom are quite capable of and willing to attack and destroy instruments of government authority.

Originally Posted by Lumpy

Personally, I wouldn't stick around in a lose/lose situation.

Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775

None of the groups you mentioned above have attacked transportation the way that non-Americans have. Those non-Americans have also vowed to destroy the West, while the right-wing nuts have gone silent. In fact, eco-terrorists worry the feds, but they have avoided transportation targets.