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May 2, 2011 | 6:29 am

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Originally Posted by goalie

If the x-ray did not show any "anomaly" in the image of your wallet, then they cannot look/rifle thru your wallet and tell the TSO to stop! If you are threatened (n.b threatened as that's what it is) with d-y-w-t-f-t, inform the TSO that you will only have your wallet looked thru if 2 TSO's are present for dual custody purposes and that they are witnessed by an independent 3rd party and insist that the 3rd part be a LEO.

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Originally Posted by halls120

Good advice, and something I've been doing for years.

What I don't understand, though, is how TSA can justify a TSO leafing through someone's wallet and examining the cash contained within.

What the TSA is allowed to do and what it actually does are two entirely separate things. And until someone reins it in, we have a problem.

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