[xxxtentachyon]

I was surprised by this when I went in for my Precheck appointment soon after the program started. I had made room in my schedule for an hour or so, and was horrified when the entire interview was just a TSA employee taking my picture. I don't really understand what the utility could be beyond revenue and getting ahead of constituent pressure from people rich enough to make some noise about how useless the TSA is.

[josephcsible]

It wasn't just that interview. A background check happened behind the scenes.

[xxxtentachyon]

I’m sure it did, but at that point why not automatically grant it to every citizen who can pass a background check?

[josephcsible]

Because it takes time and resources to do the background checks.