Originally Posted by tom911

My train of thought is that in this day and age, written procedures get reviewed at multiple levels, including legal departments, before they're implemented. I worked for two police departments that had thousands of pages of written policies, and they routinely went through several levels of command staff before heading down to the law department for additional review. Those policies were reviewed periodically and changed, sometimes due to court decisions (things like the taser policy or pursuit policy had changes over the years).

The TSA is a much bigger place than anywhere I worked. Surely they have layers in place to review any written policies they issue, as well as legal review, to make sure their written policies are within the law.