TSA hassles for proles only

[link:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/100-fly-airport-033100993.html|

Hate the full-body scans, pat-downs and slow going at TSA airport security screening checkpoints? For $100, you can now bypass the hassle.

The Transportation Security Administration is rolling out expedited screening at big airports called "Precheck." It has special lanes for background-checked travelers, who can keep their shoes, belt and jacket on, leave laptops and liquids in carry-on bags and walk through a metal detector rather than a full-body scan. The process, now at two airlines and nine airports, is much like how screenings worked before the Sept. 11 attacks.

To qualify, frequent fliers must meet undisclosed TSA criteria and get invited in by the airlines. There is also a backdoor in. Approved travelers who are in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's "Global Entry" program can transfer into Precheck using their Global Entry number.

Cuz, hey, our betters just do not the inconvenience and groping.

Also, it's not as if some smart terrorists couldn't start racking up FF miles and meeting good guesses as to the
"undisclosed criteria"

TSA/DHS is just a quasi-totalitarian intimidation tactic for the general population, and this is proof.