Originally Posted by 4nsicdoc

What I have found is the best option is to request either an in person or telephonic "informal conference" with the TSA Staff Attorney, who is probably a puppy lawyer, just not as loveable, and who, in line with the TSA motto of "We're not happy until you're not happy, unless you make it easy on us and then we'll both be happy" will accept just about any compromise in order to avoid having to do real lawyer work in getting ready for and appearing for a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge, who is usually a former government lawyer who was so incompetent that he was Peter Principled upstairs.