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EVIL

Good and evil at the TSA — and what to do about it

November 4, 2012

After a preposterously positive TSA screening experience before my flight from Hilo, Hawaii, to Maui last week, I get it. I know why the agency assigned to protect America’s transportation systems has a few fans — and an apologist or two.
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