Originally Posted by
ScatterX
Truly not trying to be critical... but I would never give my information to the TSA voluntarily. I did once when threatened with arrest after a simple opt out, but I even regret that. I wished I'd have read the FT threads about personal info and the privacy act first. I never travel with anything more important than my privacy.
You can bet they kept track of who you are and what they mailed to you. I had one of those 5.11 knives myself. I suspect you now think the cost of replacing the knife is preferable to the disgusting feeling you have with the TSA having your personal information. True?
Got nothing to do with that. OP violated the law. But, the decisions as to whether to pursue violations are made at HQ. In most circumstances, the result is no action. When you've actually done something wrong isn't the time to argue about ID because TSA most certainly can temporarily detain you for a law enforcement officer and they most certainly can hold you until they can figure out who you are, most likely from ID on you as well as backtracking your BP.