SSSS are "random" security checks. I'm quite sure they have some profiling involved, but they don't admit it.
Approximately 15% of passengars (or 1 in 7) is meant to be spot checked.
I fly international a lot, this has happened to me twice in four years.
And, for the record, US airport security is only now just beginning to get to the stage where European security was for 20 years or more. Wierd, eh?
Mr Mephisto
PS - throwing any kind of tantrum in an airport security check is not a good idea... :-)
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