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1 posted on 08/06/2013 9:33:30 AM PDT by Shout Bits
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You can almost predict that somebody holding Precheck clearance is going to pull a terrorist act on board an airplane, can’t you?


2 posted on 08/06/2013 9:38:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Before going to the boarding gate for a recent flight home, a paperback set of books by C.S. Lewis which I was carrying got pulled out for an explosives test. I kid you not.


3 posted on 08/06/2013 9:46:44 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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“Now, keeping one’s shoes on at the airport is good for everyone; this reporter has never seen a TSA agent clean the floor that thousands of bare feet walk across. “

Besides transmitting foot fungus and other viruses (MRSA), having people walk shoeless through the portal can also be a way to distribute, say, anthrax and other bio-weapons.

This has been a point of discussion for over a decade but nothing is done to address a) basic sanitation of the portal, and b) defending against a terrorist that put anthrax spores in his shoes, get those spores on his feet, takes off his shoes to walk shoeless through the portal thereby leaving a trail of spores behind so travelers pick up the spores. . .


4 posted on 08/06/2013 9:49:02 AM PDT by Hulka
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Every time I fly I get on the plane with a glass bottle of Starbucks frappuchino that I buy in the airport.


7 posted on 08/06/2013 9:56:21 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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FYI, you can effectively apply for PreCheck now.

Enroll in Global Entry. It is $100 for 5 years.

In practice, it appears that being enrolled in Global Entry actually makes it more likely you will be cleared for PreCheck when you board your flight. Frequent flyers invited by the airlines still have to go through the regular security line about 40% of the time.

With Global Entry, you also can avoid the US Customs line when rendering the US. You instead use an ATM-like kiosk.

For Global Entry, you must be a US citizen and have a clean criminal record.


8 posted on 08/06/2013 10:23:30 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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$85 for Precheck?

It kind of sounds like, “Traffic tickets are for safety!”


9 posted on 08/06/2013 10:27:39 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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bkmk


12 posted on 08/06/2013 11:07:12 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Shout Bits; humblegunner; NOBO2012; whitedog57

Thank you for posting your entire blog, unlike some other posters here.


14 posted on 08/06/2013 11:58:43 AM PDT by upchuck (To the faceless, jack-booted government bureaucrat who just scanned this post: SCREW YOU!)
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