Originally Posted by
eyecue
That is what the issue is that TSA has to deal with all the time. If some group of screeners at TSA doesnt do the right thing and follow procedures and lets something go because they are lazy or ignorant or just plain stupid. Then another TSA group stops the bag and checks it, TSA is seen as being arbitrary. You would have never known that the first group wasnt doing its job. It is the second group that gets the accusations.
And don't forget the counter-case where a TSA screener stops something that should go through with no problem.