[SeeSac]

I sometimes fly international in/out of ORD and do the same thing. No TSA screening until you re-enter for your connecting flight. I think the guy posting his experience is not being truthful

That's the problem. The NKI forces the arriving passenger to 're-enter' along with the connecting passengers.

[Hulka]

That is interesting, as all my international travels for decades and never experienced an aiport situation like that.