Originally Posted by
HSVTSO Dean
That would be correct, and incorrect at the same time. While it is true that the stamps showing where you've been is none of their business, the fact remains that they're also probably not thumbing through the passport looking at the stamps, either.
And what could possibly be in those pages that would require a TSO to look at? And what security ramification does such an examination hold?
It's standard practice for me, on any of the two older variety of US passports (the old one with the digital image of your face on the left, and the old-old one with the actual photograph). The newer one, the RFID-equipped one, is the only one that I don't have to flip through the pages for.
You can ask me to call for a supervisor, and I would, naturally, comply. I can also guarantee you that the supervisor would take my side.
So this tells me that it's not SOP to do this. Why do you do it, and why would your supervisor back you for something that's not in the SOP?