Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
Are "the rules" posted somewhere that can be read by we who pay the COST of those rules?
There are no rules. That's part of the "consistent inconsistency" strategy. A TSO can do anything he or she wants to you with no fear of discipline or reprisal. That's what makes checkpoint encounters more frightening than the infinitesimal, remote chance of a loony setting his shorts on fire next to you in 22A.