Originally Posted by doober

Does it seem that she received a secondary in retaliation for not wanting to part with her watch?

Originally Posted by Bart

While I don't know the specific details of this particular case, I do recall with clarity a similar situation that occurred several years ago when a passenger accused one of my officers of stealing a Rolex watch. What that passenger did not know is that TSA does follow up on these matters with an official investigation. The poor TSO who was accused was subjected to some pretty intense questioning; he almost quit over the incident because he felt that he was being accused based simply on the word of a passenger without any concrete evidence to support the allegation.

Things changed dramatically when the passenger was asked to produce a receipt or other proof that he actually owned a Rolex. The investigation from the screener's perspective stopped at that point. I heard from a reliable source that the scope changed with terms like "federal charges" "false claims against the government" etc. stemming from the cost this passenger was claiming.

Not saying that this is the case here;