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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 6:42 am
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Originally Posted by saulblum
Will one of the TSOs on this board please tell us what rights passengers have once they have cleared the checkpoint? What would happen if the passengers being pulled aside at the gate refused to consent to the patdown? Can the TSO deny them entry onto the plane? If so, under what authority?

Can a TSO just approach anyone in the sterile area of the airport and demand that they spread their arms and feet and be patted down?
In another thread in the "debate" subsection of TS/S, I asked one of our self-proclaimed TSOs a similar question, as regards TSOs' claimed right of detention, and TSOs' abilities once you've cleared the checkpoint and are in the sterile area.

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