Photo by doctorj.bass

The most ominous portion of yesterday’s live washingtonpost.com chat with Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn:

Washington, D.C.: I am opposed to these searches and plan on refusing any Metro officer’s request to go through my bags. Because I’ll be allowed to refuse search and turn around without being detained, I will simply enter the Metro through another escalator or elevator. How do you plan on addressing this loophole?

Michael Taborn: You may choose not to be searched and leave the station with your bags or other items. We do have a plan to address suspicious behavior.

So it’s a consent-based search, but if you refuse to be searched, leave, and then try to get on your way to your destination by another entrance, that’s suspicious behavior? We almost can’t wait for these searches to begin so we can find out.