Hogwash. I'd use stronger language if it were allowed on the boards.

I can't deny that there are non-custodial kidnappings all the time, nor can I deny that some of those kids are taken out of state or even abroad without the consent of the custodial parent to evade US law enforcement. That's a well-known and well-documented crime.

However, it is NOT TSA's JOB TO LOOK FOR THEM!

TSA is NOT an agency of law enforcement. They have no police powers, no investigatory experience, they have NO TRAINING to handle such a situation, and they have no darn business EVER interrogating a young child.

The very idea that an airport screener is actively looking for any sort of criminal activity, rather than focusing on the job they're tasked with (i.e. finding weapons, explosives, and incendiaries on passengers or in luggage), speaks to the completely off-the-rails nature of the organization.

The excuse that they're trying to prevent bad things is ludicrous on its face. Nobody wants to see bad things happen to children, but allowing blundering amateurs like TSOs to poke their noses into such situations could risk a child's life if they actually do come up against kidnap victim.

If a TSO sees something that legitimately causes them to believe that a crime is taking place, they are required to call real cops, who have training and experience to deal with the criminal. They are not required to intervene in a potential kidnapping situation.

If they don't have any real, articulable suspicion, they should not be interrogating anyone, least of all minors. TSOs have no more business investigating what they think is a crime than any other ordinary citizen, like a bus driver or a garbage collector or a postal carrier.

And if there is a standard rule in place at any airport that all children traveling with only one adult will be interrogated, that's needless harassment of thousands of children and must be stopped.

If your child were interrogated by a stranger in a uniform and scared out of their wits, perhaps you'd feel different. In looking for monsters, we must never allow ourselves to become a different kind of monster.