All Pre-Check pax at MSY were made to remove their computers from baggage for screening yesterday afternoon. What was even weirder was that it was OK to leave tablets, iPads, Kindles, etc. in your baggage for screening.

There was one agent working the line. She would rope off the metal detector entry, come around to unscreened side, tell you to take any computers out, make you show her your boarding pass that indicated you were, in fact, pre-check, go back around to the other side of the metal detector and allow you to walk through. Then she repeated the entire procedure for the next person in line. It was like a scene from a Keystone Kops movie.

I'd have video'd the process but that would probably have resulted in a "security violation" and police involvement.

Was this a local action or did anyone encounter it elsewhere?