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2 ~~~ 6 Security Threats That Led To the TSA Rules We Have Today


I hate going through TSA security. I know what to expect as a frequent traveler who boards a dozen or so flights per year, yet the whole experience of getting through security is so taxing. I’ve even given in and become team checked-bag, forfeiting up to $60 a flight just because I don’t want to have to deal with measuring and pulling out liquids. And while every single time I’m taking my shoes off, I think “I need to apply for TSA PreCheck,” the thought is fleeting until the next time I arrive. And while I know that in no way is it the agent’s fault who is just doing their job, I have a disdain as they yell for me to take my shoes off, pull my laptop out, and walk through the full-body scanner with my hands up — not to mention, if I decide to get my hair braided before take off, the now expected head and back pat-down.

At 24, I don’t have memories of airport security before September 11, 2001, when your loved ones could walk you to the gate and you could board with your Bath and Body Works products intact. Security was low-level, carried out by independent contractors hired by airlines with nothing but metal detectors, as NPR reports.

But after the terrorist attack in the United States carried out by 19 hijackers who boarded planes at the airport in Portland, Maine; at Boston’s Logan International Airport, at Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey; and at Dulles International Airport in the Washington, DC, area; everything changed. And in November 2001, the Transportation Security Administration was born. Since then, the rules have evolved as security threats continue. Here are the reasons we have the TSA rules we do today.


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