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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 12:05 am
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Originally Posted by pmocek
Are you confident that it was TSA? If I'm headed for the exit at an airport, I am almost certainly not going to stop to talk to TSA staff, much less show them any documentation. If they don't like it, they can show me to the door. They have no authority to detain.

Seriously: Why would anyone think TSA has any authority to examine his paperwork after a flight?
Yes, I was wrong. It was CBP, not TSA. You guys are quick at catching stuff like that.

BTW, the folks were escorted peacefully, not handcuffs or anything.
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