Originally Posted by
cbn42
Most sobriety checkpoints in the US do not actually administer a breathalyzer test unless they have reasonable suspicion that you are intoxicated (bloodshot eyes or slurred speech). Once they have that, they can legally detain you and it is no longer an administrative search, and the evidence can be used in a criminal trial.
So then, does that not take the private room grope after a "positive" ETD swab out of the administrative search realm and into the realm of a probable cause search? Does the TSA have the authority to do a probable cause search?