Originally Posted by studentff
You should immediately consider filing a complaint with whatever law-enforcement agency was involved, TSA, TSA at LAX, your congressman, and anyone else who will listen. Demand to know what was done with your information; demand to see the report which was filed on you, which you should (in theory) be able to do in order to correct misinformation.
There is no misinformation.
It is possible they will use your personal information to place you on some sort of watchlist that will result in you being harassed every time you try to fly. It is also possible TSA will send you a multi-hundred-$ "civil fine" for "carrying explosives onto plane" that will go up if you assert your right to due process and try to contest it in TSA's kangaroo adminstrative court. It makes no logical sense, but you cannot expect common sense when it comes to TSA and their desire to create travel dossiers and deny innocent Americans their right to fly.
Possible yes, probable no! IF there was no actual explosive found then it is a non issue. You are being paranoid.
Do a search on "TSA" and "privacy act" and "ETD" in this forum for more information.
Very sorry about your experience.
The TSA moved to exempt themselves from the privacy act in December of last year.