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On the recordAugust 8, 2002
Wait a minute. When you check your bag in and it goes through a different check, you are not there with the bag. What's the privacy problem?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Senator Boxer challenges the privacy rationale for requiring passengers to be present.

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