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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 1:53 pm
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drwoo
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: englewood nj
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Originally Posted by JasperVal
Going HKG to GUM, we cleared security, but had a several hour wait due to a flight delay. We picked up a few bottles of water post security for the plane. After they finally started boarding, we walked down the jetway. Just prior to getting on the plane there was a security officer there who went through our bag, confiscating our water bottle. I thought it was odd, since we had already cleared security, but figured it was only done on US bound flights.
guam is a U.S. destination
this secondary check has been going on since the bojinka plot of 1995 where terrorists plotted to blow 12 airliners from asia to the us overwater
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