Originally Posted by
DevilDog438
In particular, please pay attention to (3)(b) above. Claiming that SSI is governed under these rules is laughable. in addition, attempting to infer that the passenger receiving these procedures is required to keep them secret or be accused of creating a "leak" is also incredibly amusing.
Indeed, as I read the rules on SSI (part 1250), it seems to fairly explicitly unnumerate those to whom nondisclosure applies and, very
unlike classified information, people to whom SSI is disclosed, other than the specific list of authorized recipients, seem to have
no duty to protect the privacy of such information.
As to photographic documentation of pat-downs, the basic principle in the US is that if something is illegal, there must be some regulation making it so. Those who claim that it's illegal need to point to that regulation.
The lack of such regulation is sufficient in one-party states. For two-party states, if the TSO does not consent to such recording, then it would legally be the
TSA that is declining to do further search and the passenger has
completed the screening procedure and
must be allowed into the sterile area.