Originally Posted by
Trollkiller
If they have no legal authority to ask questions how can they do their jobs?
Example, if I have a totally legal battery pack but the TSO is suspicious about it, how can that TSO clear it as a non threat if he is unable to question me about it?
Who said that a TSO would clear it anyway even if it were a nonthreat and the pax answered the question? Read PV and you'll see that's happened a few times (homemade battery pack, etc).