Bart? Zat YOU? You do not have the same protections as other federal employees? Wall, shucky dern, pard!

Your vict... I mean, CUSTOMERS... do not have the same protections as other American Citizens once they fling themselves upon the mercy of the airport screening system. They become Perditional Souls with NO rights at all, and are pretty vulnerable until they can escape the Staging Areas one way or another. They are Potential Criminals treated as Actual Criminals until their gyrations and facial expressions and feet can prove their innocence to their Little Centurions. At the very least they are Persons Of Interest.

TSA persists in referring to paxs as 'customers', of course. Goes down better if you say it right and try not to chew too much.

And in my H.O., TSO's have far MORE protections than other feds inasmuch as many TSA protectors and SOPs are SSI which are unassailable, as you well know.

See, there just ain't no right way to do the wrong thing.