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• Rio Yamat
The Transportation Security Administration has launched a program allowing eligible TSA PreCheck members without plane tickets to pass through security and access gates at 13 airports. The initiative reverses restrictions strengthened after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, 25 years after those security protocols were introduced.
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The Transportation Security Administration has launched a program allowing eligible TSA PreCheck members without plane tickets to pass through security and access gates at 13 airports. The initiative reverses restrictions strengthened after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, 25 years after those security protocols were introduced.
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The Transportation Security Administration is rolling out a program allowing people without tickets to enter airport terminal areas beyond the security perimeter, reversing restrictions that hardened over the 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks. The change comes as U.S. aviation security practices undergo renewed historical scrutiny.
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