I disagree with some of what you say. If someone does not have ID I think it is very reasonable to search that person and their property. I believe you agreed with this, before? Has your opinion changed since Gilmore (I believe your stance was allow someone not to show ID and allow them to be screened as a selectee).

What is an "alarm"? That's very vague. The x-ray never alarms, ever. The person working the x-ray sees something, or can't see something (think clutter, or something very dense). What do you call an alarm on the x-ray considering there is no actual alarm, but only the interpertation of th. X-ray operator, people who may very well see different things looking at the same image?

What if a person checking the bag "alarms", not for contraband, but another possible prohibited item or an WEI? At one point checking a bag I was going for one item in a multi-pocket briefcase when what might have been a knife poked me through the fabric of another pocket which the x-ray operator did not see. There were many cables in the bag. At that point I can honestly say that I wondered if the bag was too cluttered to be x-ray screened properly, and searched the compartments of the bag for other prohibited items and possible WEIs - not contraband. Was the fact that my search continued beyond the original item illegal? ccording to fofona, it was not.