# Why did they set up a mini-TSA check point at my gate after we already went through the TSA check?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-set-up-a-mini-tsa-check-point-at-my-gate-after-we-already-went-through-the-tsa-check/827756 "2019-01-14T20:41:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-set-up-a-mini-tsa-check-point-at-my-gate-after-we-already-went-through-the-tsa-check/827756/21 "2019-01-17T20:03:54Z")

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> [@doreen](#):
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> On the way back, El Al had some extra security right before boarding the plane in Tel Aviv, which I only remember because my brother couldn’t bring a bottle of water onto the plane that he had bought in the gate area.

A couple of years ago at the Amsterdam airport, I bought a soft drink at one of the shops inside the terminal (after security). They put it in a duty-free sealed bag and told me to either drink it all before boarding or don’t open it until I got on the plane, otherwise I would need to throw it out at any secondary security screening.

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