Originally Posted by
lewinr
why do you think the TSA has the exclusive world-wide right to open bags without your presence? security services in almost every country have this right. there's nothing you can do.
Fair enough.. Itīs just the foreignerīs impression that the USAīs security forces are more paranoid and less concerned with civil liberties than over here
(i.e. advance passenger information, fingerprint and photo data collection etc etc..)
I have heard a few people get called over the tannoy to the baggage screening room in the UK (LBA) so I assumed that perhaps there was some EU legislation that meant they can only open baggage in your presence.