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    Ari Schwartz: Dark Lord of the SnarkMadeleine Davies
    9/22/14 7:13pm

    Gotta love security theater. Spending billions in time and money to make us... not measurably safer.

    One day we might all come to our senses, but I doubt it.

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      ForgotMyLastPasswordAri Schwartz: Dark Lord of the Snark
      9/22/14 8:24pm

      I know. I felt like such a schmuck earlier this year when I finally caved and went through the Global Entry process. $100 for 5 years, and comes with PreCheck. I have no illusions that it will make me any safer, but I do think it will help me make my connections at Newark and Dulles during the few times a year I fly internationally.

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      taraj3ForgotMyLastPassword
      9/22/14 10:04pm

      I've thought about doing this, but I would have to out myself in the application process and that just gives me shivers, since I can't see that data being thrown away. Ever. I went through a gender transition many years ago and the stories I've heard from visibly gender-variant friends of outright hazing from the TSA just turns my stomach.

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    Team Rocket GruntMadeleine Davies
    9/22/14 7:12pm
    GIF

    Skip to the kissing part already, also does this story have pirates?

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      PortraitOfMmeXMadeleine Davies
      9/22/14 7:03pm

      So that was charming and all but you have to be a subscriber to actually read the linked article containing the information that is actually useful here.

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        Betty shooting birdsPortraitOfMmeX
        9/22/14 7:21pm

        Paste this into google and you should get a working link:

        TSA boss: Passenger pre-screening to be new standard

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        SathyaPortraitOfMmeX
        9/22/14 7:44pm

        Weird, I've never subscribed to the Chicago Tribune and I was able to get the full story.

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