Originally Posted by celticwhisper

That's a good point, and one I'm surprised (and a little disappointed in myself) that I didn't think of.

However, wouldn't it be better to have that ability nevertheless in case there's the rare-but-existent combination of a fascist TSO, an FSD who backs the TSO up, and an LEO sympathetic to TSA?

I mean, I absolutely believe in pushing back and making life as miserable as possible for anyone who works for the TSA, but the reality is that through threats, fines, threats of fines, unlawful detainment, and deliberately taking too long to screen, they do have the upper hand with certain passengers - namely those who have to make a flight that's leaving soon.

This way the pax could say "Fine, I don't have time to argue with you. There it's deleted, see?" Then contact a lawyer on his/her own time and sue for...harrassment, whatever.

For the record, I do agree with you. Not trying to be argumentative, but I like considering the different angles.