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Old Aug 12, 2011, 1:37 pm
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exbayern
 
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Originally Posted by studentff
I wonder if the 35% (false) alarm rate the Germans saw on the NoS is the same in the US. Of course TSA would never publish such numbers. Do about 35% of MMW victims get selected for a patdown?
Every report I ever read said that 70-90% or more required a second check, not 35%. I don't know why that number appeared, unless it is just from the 'extended' portion of the test with the new software.
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