Originally Posted by
bocastephen
I believe a TSA screener can only demand to search your bag at the checkpoint or within the sterile area. If you are wandering around the terminal, near the check-in counters or outside for example, and a screener demands to check your bag, pat you down or look at your ID, you can tell them to buzz off.
All they can do is run to a cop and tattle on you.
What would the cops do if a TSA'er tattled on someone who refused to admit to a search outside the checkpoint area?