Originally Posted by
barbell
Unrelated to SPOT, but relevant to this discussion, I recently had a STSO demand my BP and DL for "a report." I asked for the Privacy Statement mentioned in federal law for providing my personally identifying information.
His response? "That's probably available on the website, but I don't have it here."
So I said, "I hear often that your website is out of date. I also know that the website, as I have been told before, doesn't apply at this checkpoint. Why would this documentation be any different?"
And that's when he called the police.
What happened when the police showed up? Hopefully they realized the farce and laughed at the paranoia patrol, but nowadays I'd be pretty shocked if they didn't hassle you even further. Things are WAY out of control.