“”I’ve never been in an airport where passengers on their way out were subject to search. This story seems a bit odd in that respect””.
In Atlanta, all arriving international passengers must go through TSA even the ones with Atlanta as final destination since the airport does not have a separate corridor for you to walk to baggage claim. Let us hope the designers of the new international terminal solved that problem.
Thanks for the information, I had a feeling it had something to do with the airport layout.