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Old Jul 1, 2013, 9:45 am
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WillCAD
 
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As with anything TSA does, I'll reserve judgement on it until it's been in place long enough to see it's A) intrusiveness, B) use as a bullying or intimidation tool, C) false-positive rate, and D) effectiveness (i.e. false negative rate).

On its surface, however, I like the idea of using sniffer dogs to check out pax instead of the combination of NoS and endless swabs. Removing that swab monkey from our backs can only be a good thing, because it removes one of the most infuriating methods of retaliation and intentional delay that TSOs have.

The truth is, if any ONE item in my carry-on has explosive residue on it, the entire bag will have some residue on it. Swabing more than the outside of the bag is rarely necessary, and swabbing more than the inside of each compartment is never justified. Pulling each item out for an individual swab is nothing more than a giant flip-off from the TSO to the pax.

If dogs can be used instead, I say, buy stock in Alpo and let slip the dogs of peace!
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