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For some additional context as to how Clear exists, airports have the responsibility for managing passenger flow up to the TSA checkpoint. Within the checkpoint, it's all government-run. This is why Clear subscribers still have to take off their shoes.

Clear's business model is to give airports part of the subscriber revenue in return for allowing their employees manage the queues, which they use to direct subscribers into checkpoints with shorter lines.

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I've long held the opinion that the government should ban all forms of paying a third party extra for shorter waits in security lines, but then wealthy frequent travelers would start pushing back on the security process itself.
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> Within the checkpoint, it's all government-run. This is why Clear subscribers still have to take off their shoes.

This isn't universally true, for instance at SFO checkpoints are run by a private contractor: Covenant Aviation Security or CAS. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_Aviation_Security

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I believe you can aggressively reject clear users from cutting in front of you because it’s privately managed
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