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Firsttwohours,nowthreehours-thisishowfarinadvanceauthoritiesarerecommendingpeopleshowupto

catchadomesticflight,atleastatsomemajorU.S.airportswithincreasinglymassivesecuritylines.

Americansarewillingtotoleratetime-consumingsecurityprotocolsinreturnforincreasedsafety.Thecrashof

EgyptAirFlight84,whichterroristsmayhavedownedovertheMediterraneanSea,providesanothertragic

reminderofwhy.Butdemandingtoomuchofairtravelersorprovidingtoolittlesecurityinreturnunderminespublic

supportfortheprocess.Anditshould:WastedtimeisadragonAmericanseconomicandprivatelives,notto

mentionmakingpeopleangry.

Lastyear,theTransportationSecurityAdministration(TSA)foundinasecretcheckthatundercoverinvestigators

wereabletosneakweapons-bothfakeandreal-pastairportsecuritynearlyeverytimetheytried.Enhancedsecurity

measuressincethen,combinedwithariseinairlinetraveldue(otheimprovingeconomyandlowoilprices,have

resultedinlongwaitsatmajorairportssuchasChicagosOHareInternational.Itisnotyetclearhowmuchmore

effecliveairlinesecurityhasbecome—butthelinesareobvious

PartoftheissueisthatthegovernmentdidnotanticipatethesteepincreaseinairlinetravelsotheTSAisnow

rushingtogetnewscrecnersontheline.Partoftheissueisthatairportshaveonlysomuchroomforscreeninglanes.