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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 8:34 am
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Pesky Monkey
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Originally Posted by UshuaiaHammerfest
You won't find any wands at US checkpoints any more. They did away with them entirely when they rolled out the "enhanced pat down."



Remember that 9/11 was perpetrated with "box cutters," which are nothing more than razor blades attached to the end of a stick.

Agreed that the pat-down has become an explosives residue check rather than a weapons check.
Sorry, boxcutters will be laughed at by passengers now. Good luck fighting off 5 laptops to your head followed by a bull rush with a box cutter.
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