Originally Posted by
Often1
As to TSA, the fact that an Officer does not himself have law enforcement authority does not mean that he can't report his own observations of violations of law to the appropriate law enforcement authority.
But I am under no obligation to cooperate with a TSO who is going beyond the scope of his job role to dig up dirt on me. And it is not the TDC's duty to perform any immigration- or customs-related functions. It is to ensure that the boarding pass matches the ID matches the passenger. (We can debate the security value of that check.)