This episode is jut like mine at DFW before Christmas where the TSO refused to accept my EU passport. She pawed all over the picture, not liking a shadow that my eye glasses showed on the background. She called her supervisor over but that just resulted in a "No ID" note on my BP and I was sent to haraSSSSment. I asked for the PA notice (as ususal) when they copied the BP information and that lead to a blank stare and the "informed" comment from the LTSO that my "civil rights are suspended here; this is security".
I did get an answer from the local TSA at DFW.
The TSA TDC checking your passport determined there was an issue with your passport which required the secondary screening. Those are judgment calls based on that particular situation.
The interesting thing is that DHS-CBP has inspected this passport 23 times without any problems, but an untrained TSO has to have a shot at the "Big Catch". Pathetic!
My comments on the Privacy Act gave the following answer (bolding is mine):
Thank you for writing. Information collected at the checkpoint is collected pursuant to the TSA 001 Transportation Security Enforcement Record System system of records. Under the Privacy Act, Federal agencies may exempt themselves from the requirement to provide a Privacy Act notice. TSA exempted the TSA 001 system of records from the notice requirement because the information typically relates to a criminal investigation. TSA published its Final Rule implementing the exemption in the Federal Register on June 25, 2004. Under the circumstances, though, we will re-examine whether the exemption should be waived in certain circumstances. As to your comment on the applicability of the Constitution, TSA airport screening constitutes an administrative search to effectuate the governmental goal of safeguarding national and transportation security. The 4th Amendment search and seizure provisions do not apply.
Am I the only one who thinks that there is a problem with the two bolded statements?
So, complain all you want, nothing is going to change, unfortunately.