Can one of our resident TSOs please explain the reason to me why nude-o-scope decliners apparently have to have their bags searched by hand? Other than the obvious apparent answer of retaliation to discourage declining the nude-o-scope.

Declining the nude-o-scope has absolutely nothing to do with the chance there is WEI in your bag, unless TSA is profiling based on nude-o-scope refusal, which would be an interesting thing to admit.

Oh, and SSI isn't a valid answer either.