Originally Posted by notic

TSA is very poorly trained. Last time I went to vegas there was so many hurdles to jump through just to return to Vancouver. no liquids, fine. but why make me throw away my starbucks at the security check point only to have another sbux on the other side of the check point?

i've also had the same experience with them playing with my gadgets. the guards in canada just ask me to turn it on and to show them if in fact what i carry is what it seems which i can tolerate because it seems reasonable. but the ones in the US want to poke around with the buttons, give the lens a swirl, etc.

check-in luggage. if the TSA is going to "randomly" open my luggage, can they at least close it properly (that means all the latches, even the ones on the side) so that i don't find my luggage on the conveyor belt in vancouver ajar with one of my shirts hanging out?

you pose some very valid questions michael, and i've read a few stories online where the TSA has failed random tests on airport security. the headline was something like "TSA fails, confiscates babies milk allows fake bomb to pass"