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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 3:01 pm
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Originally Posted by TSORon
Fact is that paper presents as an organic on our x-ray systems. Not usually a problem. Large stacks of paper present as dense organics, and several types of explosives do as well. Hence the reason for a more extensive look at your daughters bag.
Except when TSA employees fancy themselves being a police detective, and start reading the documents they are looking at.

Or was this passenger carrying a really, really thick checkbook?
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