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"— I’d advocate that certain travelers, at TSA spotters’ discretion, be exempt from screening altogether. Personnel could be trained to choose certain passengers deemed lowest-threat, pull them out of line and allow them to pass."

I really can't imagine this going well at all. Isn't this basically telling your employees that they should discriminate based on some nebulous thing?




If the criteria they use become known, you're also creating a loophole for terrorists to target.

I can't remember the name of it, but some years back there a was a film (or possibly a TV drama) about a Chechen-American jihadi -- pale-skinned, blue-eyed and red-haired.




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