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Sep 2, 2015 | 6:14 am

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In instances where there is someone in the NOS, some airports continue to do a swab instead.

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Originally Posted by Clipper_fan

I understand they put you in the AIT when you set off the random alarm on the metal detector to save you from getting a pat down. A few seconds of millimeter wave bouncing off instead a friendly pat down isn't a bad deal in reality...

Actually, it is a bad deal, in reality. Even the MMW NOS constitutes a danger to your health, a naked image taken by the government (despite whatever software is in place) and the potential of getting a pat down anyway. No thanks.

Anyway, they aren't "saving" you from anything. The former protocol was to do a hand swab.

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Originally Posted by cubs105

I was at LAS last week and 8 people in a row including me got selected. How is it random if 8 people are selected together?

What time of day?

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