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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 3:53 pm
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Originally Posted by TSO1973
Exsqueeze you. I never said an exit check now did I? I said gate screening and ID checks. Those are during the boarding process.
That has nothing to do with CBP.

Originally Posted by TSO1973
I never said "work with CBP". There are certain things, like international flights, or even domestic flights that operate out of gates with customs access from them, that require the additional clearance from CBP, but CBP is not standing up there with us doing this.

Have I personally found something? No not myself, but I am aware of a situation where the gate team spotted a ramp worker coming in off the ramp and handing an item to a passenger.
You are now completely backtracking from the position you had taken before.

Originally Posted by Ari
The TSO saw it in the reflection of an ID hologram.
Sort of like that hologram that I never see on my NEXUS card?

Originally Posted by Wally Bird
Because it's an additional search. Yes, presenting ID is a search.
Actually, it is a seizure, not a search.
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