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Apr 28, 2010 | 12:13 am

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Originally Posted by mvoight

How would a swab on the outside prove you don't have something on the inside? Of course, it would be odd if the AA checkpoint at LAX is the only palce where this would be an issue. What's the point of having an xray for casts if your aren't going to xray them?

Do you know how ETD works? If there are explosives on the inside of a cast, ETD *will* (not might) alarm if one swabs the exterior and edges of the cast.

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