Originally Posted by
Often1
What a pity that people don't carefully read what is written before going off half-cocked. TSA Officers most certainly have the authority to effect a temporary detention for law enforcement. That is what "calling a law enforcement officer" means. They can hold you where you are while a law enforcement officer is summoned and for the reasonable period of time it takes for law enforcement to get there.
TSA says on its own blog: "TSA does not have the authority to detain passengers. Only Law Enforcement Officers can detain passengers."
http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/02/clarific...of-3-year.html