Originally Posted by TSORon

I’m not saying that it does. What I am saying is that once someone places their bags on the X-Ray belt they know that an X-Ray search is going to be taking place. They know that it may entail a physical search if there is a question about some item in their bag, or if the X-Ray operator cannot see through an item to determine if it is masking something else. That is what constitutes a “reasonable” search on the checkpoint. It may end up going so far as to open seams of a bag if it is determined that there is an unidentified item artfully concealed in the bags seam. I have never personally seen this happen, but the rules we operate by leave that as an option.