Originally Posted by mizzou65201
49 C.F.R. § 1542.5(c):
"TSA may enter and be present within secured areas, AOA's, and SIDA's without access media or identification media issued or approved by an airport operator or aircraft operator, in order to inspect or test compliance, or perform other such duties as TSA may direct."
This part of the law that you quote is to allow ASI to check for security procedures in the sterile area/restricted area.