To the OP, I respecfully say this: "DUH!! What did you expect from a governmental agency?" Governments do this all the time, every day. They take the authority, therefore they GET the authority, and it takes the courts to rein them in. Washington DC trampled all over the second amendment tuntil the SCOTUS reined them in...and it took years and years nad years and millions upon millions of dollars. Look at wha thad to happen for MIRANDA to become the law of the land. Governments will ALWAYS overstep their limits because until a court rules, and it's appealed, and the appeal is appealed, and the SCOTUS grants certiorari to hear the appeal of the appeal of the appeal of the ruling, there ARE no limits.

Here in Chicago, our out of control mayor bulldozed a public airport under cover of darkness. The courts found what he did was illegal, said he couldn't do that and fined the city and it's STILL under appeal using taxpayer money on BOTH sides. You can't unring the bell and now that airport is a public park, which seems to be Daley's goal besides raising taxes--as many parks per square acre of land as he can possibly get. The fact is he DID it. And so goes the TSA--they will continue doing what they do until some court reins them in. The problem is that when you have an agency that is not accountable to anyone, no one seems to have jurisdiction. Wth a congress more concerned with the farce of global warming and a president who is more interested in running for "citizen of the world", no one in any kind of a position is going to challenge them.

Apparently this is the CHANGE! CHANGE WE CAN BELEIVE IN!! That was promised to us last fall. Enjoy, gang. It's only going to get worse. Background checks for every passenger before they fly, and requirement to give justification for your air travel are coming soon.

--PP