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The Transportation Security Agency checks a traveler with a wand at O'Hare International Airport on August 18, 2006 at Chicago. — The Transportation Security Agency checks a traveler with a wand at O'Hare International Airport on August 18, 2006 at Chicago. Tim Boyle/Getty Images

HOWARD HUSOCK

May 19, 2023, 05:33 AM ET

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