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Old Dec 20, 2011 | 7:18 pm
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tev9999
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Just went through the gumby MMW at DTW (McNamara lower level). Only one other person at the checkpoint around 9 pm. Two false positives and a zipper pull.

Left jeans pocket - TSO asked if I had anything in my pockets, said no, and tried to turn my pockets inside out - but these pants don't do that. He didn't bother checking any further. For the record there was nothing in my pocket.

Center of chest - I'm wearing a 1/4 zip pullover with a metal tab - I'm assuming that is what it picked up. I'll give them this one as a real catch. Not touched by TSO. Could have been concealing something underneath.

Left shoulder - barely touched by TSO, nothing there.

I made a comment about the horrible false positive rate and he just said "have a nice night".

Conclusion: The false positives are massive. This is only my third time through MMW and I have had 2, 1 and 2 false positives. TSOs are not even bothering to clear them any more.
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