28 more airports will test lower-hassle screening

I'd love to see a list of owners of & investors in, the various recipients of all the private prisons, airport screening device technologies,etc,etc, etc. Some in government say "we're broke" to seniors & other citizens who need services & infrastructure, but they always seem to have all the money in the world for their pet projects with business cronies. Shades of "no bid contracts" which -right up there with the banking /ceo pay scandals-need desperately to be thoroughly investigated & prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

So this means if you can pay for a frequent flyer program, you don't get hassled? What is to stop a sleeper agent to chalk up a bunch of flights, buy a frequent flyer program membership and do the same as was done before? This is a bit of a ridiculous criterion. So the 86 year old woman travelling to her grandson's wedding is still suspect? While someone traveling weekly to the middle east is ok because he's in a frequent flyer program?

how about they just stop treating us like criminals in the first place?

the only terrorists in this country are in washington dc, the federal government!

I find the whole TSA issue to be one big massive joke. Right on this same web page is an article of a TSA agent stealing passenger's goods. This is not the first. It is clearcut, down and simple . . their screening process doesn't even work on their own employees.. If they can't protect us from their own employees . . .Their whole process is useless.

I love it, 'a more intelligence-based system' . I guess this is an admission that the current system has no intelligence at all. I wonder where they are going to find tsa agents with enough intelligence to do the job.

To judge the value of TSA all one needs to do is see how many actual cases they have caught of people wanting to smuggle guns, knives or explosives onto planed. How many have they let get on planes and then recalled them because they let people board and how many have had to dispose of over 3 oz containers of shampoo and other things. The figures will speak for themselves.

translation: because you are well dressed or pay the airlines lots of money you are exempt from the rules that apply to the rest of the general population.
i have never been arrested
i have no criminal record
i have 3 different federal security clearances
i have 3 different federal license's
a concealed handgun permit which also required a federal background check.
but i can't get on a plane without a strip search?

So if I am a well off corporate dude flying on company time, I can slide through the line no problem...but if I am a military vet barely making ends meet that just wants to visit his elderly father in Arizona, I'm inconveniently screwed.....nice job America.

How come we deregulate the Banksters and regulate the people?

Beside the semi literate employees at the airports, there are over 100,000 + employess at TSA that earn over $100,000 annually. Also, we are not safer at all. Twice in the past 3 years, the FBI & TSA were able to "sneak" on over 20,000 fake weapons. Also, all private jets are exempt from any kind of security checks. Do you not think that a terrorist with alot of money couldn't affor a private jet, taxi up to any airport and blow the whole thing to hell? It makes many, stupid, Americans feel good. I do not feel safer with those monkeys running security at the airport. Quite the opposite.

I found the attitude of the TSA agents is the biggest turn off to air travel. They are a step below "mall cops" with the belief they are part of the armed forces.

Why don`t they just hire people with brains?

Like cattle, next the government will brand us by "grade" with a hot iron.

The Fourth Amendment:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

In plain-speak. Unless you are suspected of committing a crime, the government can't put their hands on you or your property without a warrant.

Of course the Constitution is meaningless and the actions of the TSA attest to.

Why have a "low risk" traveler lane at all? There can only be two type of passengers: a passenger who does not pose a threat and a passenger who poses a threat. With that in mind, I would venture to say 99 percent of passengers who board a commercial aircraft have full intentions of landing safely at the scheduled destination and intend no harm or wrongdoing during the flight. That being the case, there should only be a "high risk" section to accommodate passengers the government has "reasons to believe" they pose a risk to the integrity of the passengers, crew, aircraft and/or structures and people on the ground. Creating a "low risk" lane is an absurdity considering virtually all passengers just want to get where they're going with the least amount of hassle without causing any harm or disruption to anything or anyone and that would translate to most travelers being "low risk" passengers in the first place.

I give them more personal info for their database and they don't harass and intimidate me as much. And if you agree to getting a number tattooed on your arm, you can work your way to freedom.

What kind of information will people need to "volunteer"? And since when do we need the govt's permission to travel?

"eligible travelers have the option to volunteer more personal information about themselves so that the government can vet them for security purposes" Shirley, they can't be serious.

So you can be treated like a human only if you can afford to pay? Am I understanding this correctly.

Also, this is how our government create new job for our country since all of the jobs are oversea or across the borders..lol