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Released: October 14, 2011
Next layer of air security: Chat-downs on top of pat-downs?
Source: Bart Jansen, USA Today (Free Registration)
s Ingrid Esser hands a Transportation Security Administration officer her identification and boarding pass for a flight from Logan International Airport to Washington, D.C., she faces a flurry of questions.
Where is she going? Why? How long is she staying?
“It was a new experience,” says Esser, 31, who works in public relations. “It doesn’t bother me at all. I understand their job, and it’s keeping America safe.”
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