” The Act, which passed in 2005 and has been implemented in phases since 2013,”
Yeah, isn’t this “special.” We supposedly have a critical situation with terrorism, but we’ve taken EIGHT YEARS thus far addressing the acceptability of driver’s licenses as ID at our airports. My bet is that the whole concept of the TSA has already gone the way of the Dodo Bird. Like the War on Drugs, etc., the TSA is, and has probably always been, just another government-sponsored welfare program.
Neither Bush nor Obama ever had any real intent to secure the borders.
As a consequence, we have to face an external security problem (Muslim terrorists) become an internal security problem (radicalized domestic Muslims).
Their response? Tyrannize and humiliate the 99% of the population that's not Muslim and use the TSA to enforce a slew of other despotic ordinances like "money laundering" against a hapless populace.
In addition, they can get to gether with the air monopolies and use the "security" process as a way of extorting cash in the form of TS-Pre, etc., for the "privilege" of not being harassed and humiliated at the airport.
Gangster government at its worst.