I know a guy that is on the watch list. Once when traveling, the "wand" picked something up in his carry on bag. They emptied his bag and searched it many, many times... He said he thought it was just normal security until men in uniforms with guns showed up and told him "come with us".. They held him for hours, searching and researching his bag and questioning him over and over.

I am sure it didn't help matters any that he is a dark complected full blooded Cajun with a thick Cajun accent and he is a real funny person with a sense of humor..

After hours and hours, they did let him get on a plane but they wouldn't let him take that bag on that plane but sent it on another one. When he landed, there was an armed escort waiting for him to escort him to a place where he had to wait for hours for his bag to arrive.

Needless to say, when it came time for him to return home from that trip, he was scared to death to take that bag and threw it away and bought another one. When he got home, there was a letter telling him he was on the watch list.. They never did figure out what was in or on that bag that set that wand off but whatever it was, that's all it took to get him on the watch list.