Originally Posted by
IslandBased
Really..... That is a very subjective statement, and perhaps you are deluded in making it universal. Asking people who you don't know highly personal questions is usually considered rude, being offended by that reaction is well, irrational. But you were brought up to know and respect that, right?
Excellent points.
1) It's NOT universal. If I asked someone an intrusive personal question, especially if it involved how much money they are carrying, I would NOT be "offended" if they chose not to respond. I would have the critical thinking skills that would allow me to recognize that they simply choose not to reveal such personal information to a stranger who has no right to know it.
2) You are correct that it is rude to ask intrusive personal questions that you do not have a legal right to ask. I don't care WHO you are - someone asking me how much money is in my purse, is going to be met with a) silence, and b) suspicion from ME that they have nefarious reasons for asking it. TSA has no right or need to know how much money you are carrying, and any questions about it are rude, intrusive, and unnecessary.
3) Being offended by such a reaction is definitely irrational. Anyone who can't understand that we don't want to reveal the amount of money we're carrying, to non-LEO strangers who have no right or need to know, is not thinking rationally.
Originally Posted by
mkann69
Actually it is specifically stated in writing. Please google ACLU/Beirfeldt versus the TSA (2009) and read the injunction that came from the case. It clearly and definitively states that "safety screening procedures be strictly limited to passenger searches for the purpose of safeguarind flight safety. TSA must adhere to their limited mandate of protecting flights against weapons or explosives".
It does not get much clearer than that. These are written guidelines for the TSA.
Thank you for posting this. That pretty much says everything that needs to be said in response to TSORons' bizarre and nonsensical efforts to justify the intrusive personal questions directed to you by an agency that has no need or right to ask them.