Originally Posted by
Global_Hi_Flyer
Wrong.
The minute they started reading the document was the moment they stepped over the line. A document cannot be travel-related contraband.
I would submit that this is a perfect test cast as the victim of the intrusive TSA search is a writer with an unpublished manuscript. It's really no different than the TSA reading written materials that I might have that are considered company confidential.
Plus the fact that if the traveler had been named "Tom Clancy" this would not have happened.