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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 9:11 am
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
TSA claims that their Explosive Test Device (ETD) testers are not programmed to look for drugs. Unless TSA has been less than honest then I question how this determination was made by the screener. Also TSA is limited to an Administrative Search for Explosives, Weapons, and Incendiaries.
They don't... while they can be programmed to do so (since ion mobility spectrometry, which all TSA ETDs use can be used to detect drug particles or any particles for that matter), doing so would be against TSA policy.

So... I'm just . I have no idea.
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