Originally Posted by studentff

I won't defend the screener, but I'll defend the OP and other pax for (presumably) not reporting the incident to a supervisor. Doing so almost certainly would have resulted in a needless terminal evacuation and massive delays for everyone even though the probability of an actual threat was extremely low.

I have little faith in the screeners at BWI. Last time I was there I watched the screeners make the man in front of me strip to his undershirt before going through the WTMD because they didn't like the look of his sweater.