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ND Sol
In addition to the OP, Post 170 may address some of the other ideas that persons have about what my intentions were.
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One poster conjectured that seeing the CBS report on SPOT and BDO’s prompted me to push for this encounter. I did not see the report until after the incident. I was made aware of it based on a thread in this forum.
Based on what HPD1 told me, TSO1 lied to me right out of the box. And either HPD1 didn’t know the law or he also lied to me right out of the box. So perhaps a prior poster’s statement that, “Nor should one expect friendly treatment in response to adversarial treatment” is true, but not for the party he intended. How should one deal with persons that you reasonably believe are being untruthful in such a situation?
“Questioning someone engaging in behavior that is irregular for normal people but probably for would-be terrorists” seems to be even more applicable for mileage runners. Do people think that they should be always questioned?
To me, the salient point is that photographing in a public place no more constitutes “reasonable suspicion” than standing in the same place. If the latter is not reasonably suspicious, then neither is the former.
Since the TSA has its puppy post, here is my chipmunk post from my climb/hike on Saturday and the view that chipmunk enjoys. He wanted to do a physical screening of my pack and seemed particularly interested in trying to confiscate my Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups that were contained in my "1 quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag" on the left.
You state that you did not see the report till after the encounter yet:
You state in your OP that what made this 'incongruous' (ie his response to you asking him about being a BDO) was that the report on that subject had been shown the night before. You appear to be stating what your emotion was at the time of the encounter based on a report shown (and seen by you) prior to it (not after it).
In addition, looking at the photographs from the OP, clearly the gentleman in question is an observer of some sort (BDO if that's are called).
The OP states 'I did not realise' the TSA person etc etc (paraphrasing) was in the picture.
He is the focal point of the effort as far as I can see.
All arguments about constitutional rights to protect innocents from harassment aside, I think the OP knew exactly what he was doing.