Because political correctness doesn't allow "the usual suspects" to be scrutinized without obviously-non-threatening people having to be accosted, we have gone over the cliff with the ACLU and scams to employ the low-end of the gene pool in Government Jobs, at Taxpayer expense, that are essentially useless in their Un-Constitutional function.
The last time I flew was in 2009 when I visited my daughter and her family in Amarillo, TX, and the last time before that in 1985 when my husband and I flew to Rochester, NY for a family reunion
I have to fly for business twice a week. I spend 2-3 minutes going through security. I use the PreCheck line.
Enroll in Global Entry, and you can do it too. It is $100 for 5 years, but if you fly more than once a year, it is $5 per flight.
However, this non-airport screening is BS. The TSA has no authority to do it, but the spineless Republicans aren’t stopping it.