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Oct 15, 2011 | 1:17 pm

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FTA ""They do it in Europe, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't do it here," David Jones, a 73-year-old retiree from Shapleigh, Maine, who was heading to Spokane, Wash., says of questions about where he was headed and whether he was traveling alone."

And some of the comments at the bottom of the say something similar.

Where do they do this in Europe? I live in Europe and have travelled extensively in Europe and have NEVER been asked these questions or been SPOTed. at any European airport I have flown out of The only time I am asked stupid annoying questions is when flying from Europe to the US when they do the useless "who packed your bags?" litany of questions.

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