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The TSA today is a federal agency, bundled into DHS. Before that there were plenty of people doing screenings at airports that, today, we would describe as TSA
by sandworm101 5y ago
The TSA today is a federal agency, bundled into DHS. Before that there were plenty of people doing screenings at airports that, today, we would describe as TSA. The fact that they were employed by local agencies rather than the feds doesn't change the fact that they searched everyone in basically the same manner as today. I had my bags x-rayed and walked through metal detectors every time I flew in the 80s and 90s.
- woodruffw 5y ago> The fact that they were employed by local agencies rather than the feds doesn't change the fact that they searched everyone in basically the same manner as today. I had my bags x-rayed and walked through metal detectors every time I flew in the 80s and 90s. I don't think I would consider today's screening techniques "basically the same" as those in the 1980s and 1990s. My understanding is that the liquid limit, shoe removal, and use of largely ineffective personal scanning machines are all post-9/11 changes. All of that is a significant departure from having your bags scanned and walking through a single metal detector. (More generally, this raises the question: if things are "basically the same" in your opinion between now and the 1990s, why weren't we able to stop 9/11?)