Originally Posted by
10mmAutoFan
To my knowledge, there is no requirement of a forced private screening. I suspect they were going to ask him to remove clothing for a visual inspection (true strip search). Something that I would never stand for as a condition to fly on a commercial aircraft.
My first request would be a re-swab and patch run on a different machine -- as those devices can require recalibration and suffer failure due to operator error. Was that even offered in this case?
hmm, do you interact much with the TSA? Whatever they say at the airport, you do. They don't care what their website says or what the law is, the TSO is always right at the airport, no matter what.