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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 2:34 am
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etch5895
 
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
More airports should do that. It's absolutely ridiculous. Went through security at IST. Then was harassed at AMS, my baggae was taken off the aircraft and I was taken to another room for extra screening. I barely camade it to the flight. I arrived in DTW and was sent over for another inspection by customs people, who already had a dossier on me, with the file open on their computer. One more screening when after customs. Almost missed my flight again.
You have the worst luck...

Since the US automatically rescreens all passengers after clearing customs/immigration for onward flights, it makes no sense to do the 'extra' security for US bound flights.
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