Originally Posted by
Pesky Monkey
If you're in a nude-o-scope only line always keep your laptop and liquids bag inside your carryon. They'll call for a bag check. They will wait until your radiation dose is over to look at your bag, as it will require you to acknowledge that it's your bag. This makes things much harder for a thief to abscond with your things.
A "forgotten" bottle of water works, too. Make sure it is a big one or they might miss it.
As for me, I have been running my Pelican case full of electronics first. They are dutifully watching it and everything else in line until I get there.