Originally Posted by Bart
Indeed it has, and it is no longer a TSA search at this point. It is a police matter being handled by a duly sworn peace officer whose job it is to uphold the law.
So (and I find it amazing that I have to walk you through this) the security search at checkpoints is in actuality a free-wheeling search not limited to airline security. In saner times, this would be seen as unreasonable seatch under the 4th amendment. In the meantime, we are left with people who think they are upholding the law of their country, but without any real understanding of what sort of country the law has created. Pretty sad.