TSA detains Senator for refusing pat-down

[Bob Schroeck]

and the hassle is causing people to avoid travelling into the US, and people within the US are less likely to fly costing the tourism industry billions.

Just as anecdotal evidence, I'll note that this is certainly true in our case. Ever since the TSA went past taking off your shoes, we've forgone flying. The last two times we went to Florida, we took a train, and we've taken all our other vacations at driveable locations.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.