Originally Posted by spotnik

Refusing to engage in smalltalk with a BDO, or anyone else, may not lead to a secondary. The only things which may lead to a secondary are the criteria outlined in the BDO and Checkpoint SOPs. Those criteria are SSI, so I cannot share them. I wish that I could, but I cannot. If you think that you were referred for secondary because you refused to talk to any TSA employee, pursue the issue immediately. If you are referred to secondary because you refused to talk to any TSA employee, the person who referred you violated SOP and the TSA civil rights policy.

Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised to see a "SSSSed for ignoring a BDO" incident come up. That's why I've been suggesting that people pursue the issue if it does come up. These employees need to be revealed and properly dealt with.