Originally Posted by
cynicAAl
going through the PreCheck line at DSM on a recent saturday morning at 5 am, I cleared the WTMD (no metal alarm) and 2 seconds later it beeped, TSA told me I was randomly selected for secondary screening, and directed me to the scanner. Informed them that I was opting out. As I waited for my "male assist", the next 2 people through the PreCheck WTMD also got the "random secondary alert". Random indeed.
Actually ... if the selection process is truly "random", then a run of three consecutive selectees should happen from time to time. Otherwise, a ne'er-do-well could game the system by only getting in line for the WTMD one someone else was selected. ("Oh, darn, I can't seem to find my LGA bag ... please, go ahead of me, kind sir ...")