My understanding is that a lot of the "responses" to those petitions end up being, "We considered it. The answer is no." There's no requirement that they do a

My understanding is that a lot of the "responses" to those petitions end up being, "We considered it. The answer is no." There's no requirement that they do anything. Given that, it seems unlikely there was some nefarious hidden agenda behind this TSA one being taken down.