Originally Posted by
SATTSO
Regarding your BTW paragraph: personally i don't think the procedure should be SSI, as it is performed on individuals. To me, once that happens (as it already has happened) it is no longer SSI. But I do not determine what is SSI or not, so I have to keep it "secret", despite the fact that i tell passengers what i will do, why I'm doing it, and what it entails. Nope doesn't make sense to me.
That being the case, the TSA is misclassifying information. Which is really no surprise. And I would posit that it is being done to avoid bad publicity or lawsuits. Both of which are improper reasons for classifying information. (Yes, I know that SSI/FOUO is technically not a classification, but through time the practical effect is that the information is the same as classification).
I do wonder how long it will be before such a frisk is used as a retaliatory measure - after all, it was an LTSO that threatened a passenger in front of me with detention when the passenger exercised his First Amendment rights.