Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
Because it's illegal. If you do that and no law enforcement stops you, the likely result will be what's called a "terminal dump" here: the terminal is evacuated and searched and all passengers rescreened.
Originally Posted by
Polar Man
2. Blowing past them could happen but the cops would probably be on you pretty quick or the tsa could attempt to block (non forcably) your access to the secure side of the airport.
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The TSA can say that they are unable to complete the screening process and clear you to the secure side of the airport.
So there is some law that says the TSA must 'clear' you before you get to the secure part of the airport. Does anyone know what that law is?
So, here is what I have so far:
1. You decline the naked imaging
and decline an invasive patdown. (Possibly claiming that TSA needs a warrant to search you according to the 4th amendment?)
2. The TSA refuses to clear you without an invasive personal search, then you are left "in limbo" and will be escorted away by a policeman for loitering.
3. The only way the police can search you is if they find some basis to 'suspect' you of committing a crime, but the refusal to be searched by TSA cannot be considered a basis for that search.
From what I'm hearing, the crux is that the TSA must clear you before you can travel, but they refuse to clear you without conducting a warrantless search. So they put you in a position where you must either surrender your 4th Amendment rights or you cannot complete interstate travel without undue burden.
Is that the final issue? (Loss of ability to travel, warrantless search without reasonable grounds?) Would that be sufficient for a civil rights lawsuit?
Originally Posted by
cordelli
If you were to blow by security, there is a very good chance they would close the terminal, and require everybody to leave the terminal and be rescreened once they have searched the terminal to make sure you did not leave anything hidden anywhere. It would not make for a pleasant experience for you or anybody else traveling.
Let's agree that forcing TSA to evacuate a terminal is a crime against humanity, punishable by forfeit of your elite status on all airlines!
