Shoes-On Screening Test Begins at Four Airports

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(Bloomberg) The U.S. Transportation Security Administration today began a program aimed at speeding the most frequent travelers through airport checkpoints without the usual security measures such as removing shoes.

The pilot program, called PreCheck, is at four airports, in Miami, Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta, and includes only travelers who have been invited by the TSA and approved after background checks.

“We are looking at how to further enhance security through passenger pre-screening and, whenever possible, expedite the screening process for travelers we know and trust the most,” Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole said today in prepared remarks for a conference in Amsterdam sponsored by the International Air Transport Association.

As many as 8,000 passengers per day are expected to move through the expedited checkpoints, Greg Soule, a TSA spokesman, said Sept. 14. The program is voluntary. Approved passengers will receive coded boarding passes that enable TSA agents to refer them to a separate screening lane, Soule said. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-04/tsa-says-some-frequent-u-s-travelers-may-be-given-speedier-airport-checks.html

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1. keep your shoes on - walk through the Nude-O-Scope(tm) -

Get irradiated or get groped.