Just got my suitcase from baggage claim. At the Pittsburgh airport, they opened all suitcases while we had to wait until they said it was ok to go. When I got my bag after my flight, it had a red twist-tie like you use to close a garbage bag on the lock holes. Inside I found out that my suitcase was chosen for the extra physical inspection at some later point.

The flier they left in my suitcase says, "At the completion of the inspection, the contents were returned to your bag, which was resealed with a tamper-evident seal." (The bolding is mine, not the Transportation Security Administration's.)

That twist-tie is oh so secure and tamper-evident. I know that if I forget to add the bathroom trash to the garbage bag, my roommate can tell that I've tampered with the twist-tie.

So how many clockwise twists signify that the TSA was last in my bag? --heidi