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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 11:31 pm
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T.J. Bender
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Originally Posted by TWA884:18769519
So is leaving the security checkpoint after a body scanner alert; it is consistent with a test run by a terrorist.
TSOs do not have the training to determine probable cause or the right to detain. If someone wants to flip the one-striper the bird and walk away, the best the TSO could do is run after them and hope some LEO gives enough of a crap to pursue (they don't).
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