TSA, shoes and airport
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced July 8 that the Transportation Security Administration has eliminated its “shoes-off” policy, meaning the extra step of taking off your shoes will no longer be required at TSA-operated airports.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem teased upcoming changes to TSA's liquids in carry-ons policy on Wednesday. She emphasized the push for connivence at airports during the Hill Nation Summit.
With an end to removing your shoes at the airport, an irritant of modern life is done with. That doesn’t happen very often.
The shoe removal process was implemented in 2006 "in response to an attempt by an airline passenger to conceal a bomb in his shoe," per USA TODAY.
Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks at Ronald Reagan Airport to announce the termination of the shoe removal requirement at TSA security checkpoints.