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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 12:30 pm
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gsoltso
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Originally Posted by 4444
while traveling ewr-las this summer i was asked, at the gate by a tso, if he could see my camera bag. i was talking on the phone and responded with a polite "no". the guy looked at me funny and didnt say another word. i went on my way. my 2 part question is...

1. why am i being bothered at the gate after being screened already?
2. if i was trying to hide something shouldnt the guy have been a little more firm when i told him to f off?
Well, I can't comment on what the TSO on scene did or was supposed to do, but the reasoning behind the gate screening is increased security presence per :

http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/..._at_gates.shtm
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