Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
You miss the point. This is an administrative search. That means the passenger must be able to decline the search. If I decline a search on the way to an aircraft, the consequences are that I'm not allowed to fly. This is legal because there is supposedly no right to fly. But what are the consequences if I decline such a search on arrival? I'm not permitted to go home? Unlike flying, I do have a right to go home: I cannot be forced to be searched in order to be able to go one (once I've cleared Customs). Why would people agree to a completely optional search?
So sit down, open a book and begin reading like one poster recently did. Wait for the police to show up and to give you a ride to the curb side. This, shows how institutional insanity, drives regulations.