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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 8:14 am
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jkhuggins
 
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TSORon, I love how you contradict yourself within a single posting:

Originally Posted by TSORon
ETD alarms indicate that there is a chemical present that is also present in explosives. In other words, something dangerous.

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ETD systems alarm when a chemical is detected that warrants further investigation by the screening TSO. That does not make the alarm a “false alarm”, it makes it an alarm. One that must be investigated further.

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ETD alarms indicate that there is a chemical present that is also present in some explosives. In other words, something dangerous.

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ETD systems alarm when a chemical is detected that warrants further investigation by the screening TSO. That does not make the alarm a “false alarm”, it makes it an alarm. One that must be investigated further.
You use two different definitions of an "ETD alarm" in use here. They differ significantly. Which would you like to use?
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