saulblum

I agree with you completely. I was thinking more in terms of the public's reaction, if this story were brought forward to the media. Too many people out there still believe the TSA is doing a great job protecting them, and could not care less about the Fourth Amendment. It is the "If you don't like it, then don't fly" crowd that needs to see the light. So instead of appealing to Constitutional violations, the thinking needs to be simpler:

• Neither the TSA nor BWI have policies against photographing checkpoints.
• These two TSOs clearly did not know this, and took themselves away from their duties for several minutes to harass a passenger over a rule they made up. What other policies don't they know about aviation safety?
• If they are so easily distracted by a passenger who was not violating any policy, what were they missing while other passengers were going through the checkpoints?

Of course, the same "If you don't like it, then don't fly" crowd might just retort that the YouTube poster's wife was asking for trouble by filming and distracting the TSOs, and they she's the one who should be punished, totally glossing over the above.

So maybe it's hopeless after all.