While you may be obligated to let TSA inspect your bags, TSA says it is not obligated to put your things back the way they found it.
After a viewer complained that his expensive instrument was repeatedly damaged when TSA failed to re-pack it properly, KPIX Consumer Investigative Reporter Julie Watts started asking questions. She discovered that the TSA was not abiding by the instructions posted on its own website and convinced the agency to alter its official policy.