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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 10:14 am
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Originally Posted by N231LA
From TSA manual 1002.456 subsection 2.3a:

Identifying Valuable Items.
A. Hand Signals.
1. Agents shall use selected signals (Section 1002.456) to identify passengers wearing Rolex watches, gold jewelry, diamonds, and other expensive items to allow agents in the screening process to perform a national security despoilment.
What is a "national security despoilment"? Sounds like TSAese for "theft." Since I assume it's not, what in the world is the significance of someone wearing a Rolex? Is the idea that terrorists don't? Or that they do? Or the people who are more well-off are able to afford a lawyer and might sue?

More TSA stupidity.
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