Originally Posted by Bart
One time, the airline simply sent a missed selectee back to the checkpoint for the proper screening. My screening manager was upset that the airline didn't escort the passenger back to the checkpoint. I asked him what the big deal was, and he told me that it was considered a breach. Having known him as a friend a number of years prior to TSA, I asked him how he could say that to me and keep a straight face. He didn't appreciate the comment. To this day, I am still dumbfounded how TSA considers this a breach.
It makes sense from an "Ivory Tower" point of view. IF the reason behind the selectee screening is that you should find what was missed in the regular screening, and I guess that's what the I.T. characters believe, then why give the selectee a chance to drop "that thing" in a trash can on his way back to the checkpoint, only to pick it up again on his way to the gate the second time.