Originally Posted by
Custardthecat
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).
The point was not what was in my mind, but what was in TSO1's. The term "BDO" and their function is common knowledge for those that frequent this forum (see the
Sticky). According to HPD1, the use of that TSA term was deemed suspicious by the TSA. My point was that as recently as the night before, the whole SPOT program was discussed on national television. TSO1 shouldn't have been surprised when someone used that term. Instead, he acted like he didn't know what it meant, when in reality he must have (thus he was untruthful to me from the first question asked in our encounter).
Originally Posted by
Custardthecat
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.
I will be the first to admit that the photograph referenced is not good. That is one reason I take photographs - to be able to critique and see what limits exist. In this instance it was what the lighting would do. There was no intent to focus on a particular person.
As a general rule, the eye is first drawn to the lighter portion of a photograph, which in this case would be the windows, the light wall and, to some extent, the reflection on the floor. Also, the eye is generally drawn to action, which in this case is several others in the picture. The rule of thirds is also not followed here. Nothing of importance is captured where any of the four intersections occur.
But that is what is great about photographs; different people may focus on different things based on their prior experiences.
Originally Posted by
Custardthecat
All arguments about constitutional rights to protect innocents from harassment aside, I think the OP knew exactly what he was doing.
Did you read Post 170 that I referenced? Here is part of it:
If I had a feeling that this incident would have happened, I wouldn’t have photographed. Unfortunately, it would have had that “chilling effect.”
Why would I want for this to occur? Do you think I was seeking some perverse pleasure in thinking I was going to be arrested and then having my camera confiscated? I don’t wish that to happen to anyone who is doing nothing wrong.
I am humbled that from 5,000 miles away you can ascertain my intent was not what I have consistently stated. If I had the intent you believe, why wouldn't I state it? It would show that I knew exactly what I was doing and prove up that I could make the TSA and HPD waste resources by going down a rabbit trail with little provocation.