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Why Does TSA Make Most U.S. Flyers Remove Their Shoes?
H4 Solutions ^ | 8/29/2019 | Kelly Hoggan

Posted on 08/29/2019 9:42:28 AM PDT by BigKahuna

It’s a safe bet to say that hundreds of millions of U.S. flyers since Reid’s attempted attack have had to remove their shoes while passing through a TSA security checkpoint. TSA also says that since the screening of shoes was initiated it has screened close to 10 BILLION (with a ‘B’) of them. The security agency says the figure is a “conservative estimate,” too.

This is where we must ask ourselves why we’re still taking our shoes off, given there’s never been a shoe bomb-style attack that’s originated on U.S. soil. Indeed, Reid as well as the infamous Underwear Bomber (Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab) boarded flights which came from Europe, not the U.S. Their terrorist bosses had identified key security weaknesses in the system that transported international travelers to America and then took advantage of them.

The simplest answer to why the U.S. still requires most air travelers to submit their shoes for security inspection after all these years boils down to caution on the part of TSA and the government. And such caution owes its existence to several factors, starting with the fact that Reid’s attack nearly succeeded and that the terrorist world never lacks for copycats. Sooner or later, the thinking goes, some terror group will try again to insert a shoe-style bomber onto a flight, preferably one originating in the U.S., if only to prove that our aviation security practices aren’t terror-proof.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: airports; footfetish; security; travel; tsa
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To: BigKahuna

Ugh!! Nothing worse than a 7 AM flight getting behind someone with smelly feet!


21 posted on 08/29/2019 9:54:39 AM PDT by lone star annie
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To: BigKahuna

I had major foot surgery about 8 years ago.

My foot had over 100 stiches and one of our adult sons called it Frankin Foot from the pictures.

I have enough metal screws and gear in that foot be an Ace Hardware ad.

Also, it sets off any metal detectors.

So the TSA people and I have a lot of fun with my Frankin Foot!


22 posted on 08/29/2019 9:55:16 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Here's the Formula: Hatred + Government + Disarmed Civilians = Genocide !)
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To: wastoute

:D


23 posted on 08/29/2019 9:56:16 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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To: BigKahuna

Because they might have a bomb in their underwear.


24 posted on 08/29/2019 9:56:17 AM PDT by moovova
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To: BigKahuna

To make us pay money and submit to fingerprinting for Pre-Check, turning our God-given right to travel in our own country without harassment into a “privilege” we have to beg from our betters. Just like they do with concealed carry permits and, frankly, driver’s licenses.

And yes, I have all three.


25 posted on 08/29/2019 9:58:45 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Michael.SF.

What film was that?


26 posted on 08/29/2019 9:59:01 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: BigKahuna

Great idea - let’s turn the US into a police state and we can eliminate threats!


27 posted on 08/29/2019 10:01:14 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: BigKahuna

Because if they’re not a pedophile or a gerontophile, they have a foot fetish.


28 posted on 08/29/2019 10:04:51 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: cuban leaf

Just what I was thinking. Imagine the millions of free prostate exams the TSA will have to administer every year, until people start to complain and just drive, instead. And I bet more than a few TSA agents will be in the ‘I’ll take your word for it’ group and let them through, anyway.


29 posted on 08/29/2019 10:05:02 AM PDT by Viking2002
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To: BigKahuna

I’m not really sure what they are trying to accomplish.

Whatever substance can be put in a shoe can be swallowed or inserted into the transverse colon.

If it is a design problem with the circular booth scanner, they could put a wooden floor into the scanner that a passenger could step on.


30 posted on 08/29/2019 10:05:43 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: BigKahuna

um, the shoe bomber?


31 posted on 08/29/2019 10:07:00 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: BigKahuna
have we all forgotten about this guy?


32 posted on 08/29/2019 10:08:11 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

My husband and I are traveling to Israel on El Al soon. They profile everybody prior to boarding at the gate area


33 posted on 08/29/2019 10:08:26 AM PDT by Citizen Soldier
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To: BigKahuna

Muslims are exempt


34 posted on 08/29/2019 10:08:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: BigKahuna

I’ve never found the TSA people and their UK counterparts I dealt with unprofessional.

I’ve only flown four times since 2001.


35 posted on 08/29/2019 10:09:03 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: BigKahuna

Instead we are installing foot baths in washrooms for muslims


36 posted on 08/29/2019 10:09:31 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: cuban leaf

One already did it in England.


37 posted on 08/29/2019 10:09:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: cuban leaf

and a passenger in flight in America tried to set his explosive laden underwear on fire

He was called the fruit of the boom bomber


38 posted on 08/29/2019 10:11:00 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: moovova

setting off silent killers.


39 posted on 08/29/2019 10:11:33 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: SolidRedState

I have similar experiences with TSA. The process is hectic, disorganized and confusing. It doesn’t have to be. I recently returned from Germany. They were both more organized and more thorough. No yelling, no misdirections.


40 posted on 08/29/2019 10:11:46 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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