Major security shift at TSA checkpoints
NBC Newsยท2025-07-09 00:15
It's a major security shift at TSA checkpoints nationwide. Effective immediately, all passengers can keep their shoes on. No need to screen them separately.Homeland Security Secretary Christy Gnome says 94% of passengers now have Real IDs, improving identity confirmation. And TSA procedures and checkpoints have improved. We've added uh new scanners, new technologies, more TSO officers in some areas.The TSA began screening shoes for explosives in 2006 after shoe bomber Richard Reed attempted to blow up a fli ...