My last visit to PDX, picking up at the intl terminal, I was able to watch DEA work the security line for over 20 minutes (dogs included), no I'm not going to photograph them . . . TSA runs the line but DEA is invited over to play as far as I can tell.
They don't even need the dogs anymore, this Picosecond Laser thing is millions of times better than any dog . . .
Yeah, that new technology is frightening.
PDX could well be under lots of scrutiny; I don't know because I've never been in Portland. To be fair, it's not as though I'm constantly in any airport, but your contention was "always" and at the airports I use, that's simply not the case. Call me pedantic if you like, many do.
Thanks for taking this over here.