Originally Posted by
petaluma1
Sorority sisters had their books in their carry-on bags; that's why they were searched. I never attempted to "validate" anything, just said it reminded me of the sister searches.
I've taken coloring books and such to my grand daughters in carry-on and TSA has pull my bags for extra screening. Apparently TSA x-rays can see through metal computers but not paper books.
Or is it another case of the watchers don't really understand what a threat item looks like. Green and leafy= threat item. Rectangular paper mass = threat item.
And yes, we pay just a bit less than $8,000,000,000.00 yearly for this level of expertise.
I don't think our tax dollars are being put to good use.