Why do we have to surrender all the water before entering the airport even if we prove that is in fact a drinking water by taking a sip?

Question

But once inside the airport terminal, we can always buy some water and no one will check anymore if you bring the water inside the plane.

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Answer 1

The intent is to prevent liquids that could be combined to make an explosive even if individual ingredients could be sipped and not immediately kill the person. However, the reality is that this is security theater and now that the TSA exists, they would not be giving up those tax dollars and jobs. Let’s face it, the terrorists know what’s being checked so if they really wanted to, they could work around those obvious checks.