Originally Posted by
Often1
Rubbish.
And, you can't have even read the quoted language from federal law in this thread. The crime, is "impersonating a federal officer or employee." Take a look at 18 USC Section 912.
And just for kickers, this was not a TSA clerk,but rather a TSO as in "Officer".
Don't think that there aren't people who read FT who aren't stupid enough to follow what they read and run out and impersonate a TSO and wind up in handcuffs because there are a dozen testifying witnesses.
In the case of the citations, "officer" does NOT mean a TSA clerk/screener, which you know full well. They are NOT officers, just plains clerks.