Originally Posted by
Often1
How would you know whether there's an LEO at the checkpoint? Not all LEO's wear a uniform. More importantly, just like non-LEO private security, a TSO can certainly hold you for a LEO.
Seriously though, the reasons the courts have upheld searches of people who back out (same with U-turns before DUI checkpoints) is pretty obvious.
But, them with $11K+ in their pockets to burn on pranks are free to try.@:-)
oh, you mean like Representative Cissna of Alaska? no fine there. I'm not sure where you get off saying it's a slam dunk fine. There have been numerous high profile cases where people refused your agency's idiot gropings and left the airports without fines. Clearly, this is a fight the TSA does not want to fight. It would get them into court in a way not of their liking.
I'm not coming into the private hut with TSA clerks for a groin check, period. Not just to ride on an aircraft. And courts have not upheld personal gropes of people who decided they'd rather not fly. It's dishonest for you to claim this.