Originally Posted by
exbayern
I really appreicate Ink's sincere offer made a few places here to be a witness, but I also believe that the vast majority of people would decline such a request for a variety of reasons.
One reason is because TSA would almost certainly immediately demand the ID and personal information of the witness for their report.
Furthermore, if it is another traveler, TSA will undoubtedly demand to see their boarding pass, meaning they know how long to prolong the encounter to make the witness risk a flight.
It might help if TSA would allow filming/recording of the private screening if the pax wants to film/record it. After all, the pax is the one whose privacy is being violated, so if the pax is willing to film him/herself, and TSA is following SOP, why would TSA have a problem with this?