Originally Posted by
entilzhaFT
Could TSA be liable to Philly for the damages resulting from a false tip to police?
Remember - the TSA is accountable to no one. If Philadelphia tries to push the issue, I'm sure the TSA will throw up their SSI confetti and tell the city fathers to go eat a cheesesteak.
I cannot remember the last time (if even such an event exists) where a citizen or government entity was able to hold the TSA accountable for something and extract some type of penalty.
I still think the key to ending these events is through legal attacks on individual screeners - once it becomes known throughout screenerland that they can be held accountable and the TSA can't protect them from a nasty legal bill, they will think long and hard before ever referring another passenger to the police.