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Rhiannon12866

(239,218 posts) Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:30 PM Jul 8

TSA ENDS shoe removal policy at airport - Full Noem Press Conference - MSNBC

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a new policy allowing passengers to keep their shoes on while passing through security screening at TSA checkpoints.

Shoe removal has been part of the airport experience since 2006, when the TSA instituted the requirement, citing intelligence indicating a "continuing threat" of explosives. - Aired on 07/08/2025.

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TSA ENDS shoe removal policy at airport - Full Noem Press Conference - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 8 OP

Long overdue and surprising utopian Jul 8 #1

Same here! I figured this policy had become standard - all because of the "shoe bomber" Rhiannon12866 Jul 8 #2

I'm actually OK with this one. Can we get rid of the stupid 5 oz rule too? Initech Jul 8 #3

Agreed - I felt awful when my grandmother was forced to take off her shoes Rhiannon12866 Jul 8 #4

I like the idea but I don't trust this administration or Noem in particular Shellback Squid Jul 9 #5

About goddam time. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 9 #6

utopian

(1,110 posts)

1. Long overdue and surprising

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Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:31 PM

Jul 8

Rhiannon12866

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2. Same here! I figured this policy had become standard - all because of the "shoe bomber"

Reply to utopian (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:36 PM

Jul 8

Who was caught!

Initech

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3. I'm actually OK with this one. Can we get rid of the stupid 5 oz rule too?

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Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:39 PM

Jul 8

Rhiannon12866

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4. Agreed - I felt awful when my grandmother was forced to take off her shoes

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Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:42 PM

Jul 8

Shellback Squid

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5. I like the idea but I don't trust this administration or Noem in particular

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Wed Jul 9, 2025, 12:01 AM

Jul 9

PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. About goddam time.

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Wed Jul 9, 2025, 12:20 AM

Jul 9

Remind me again just how many shoe bombs have been uncovered in recent years?

Zero? Really, that many?

I'm a former airline ticket agent, ten years at DCA, and I can tell you that the security these days is absolute bullshit. It's beyond time we can leave our shoes on. The TSA has always been a complete and total joke. It's no small part of why I rarely fly these days.

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