This kind of situation is the inevitable outcome of a largely unaccountable federal agency with too many people on a power trip knowing full well that they have job security while toying with members of the general public.

"To professionalize, we must federalize".

It really is long overdue to make the TSA nothing but an oversight regulatory agency for airport screening conducted by private (security) contractors subject to litigation.

This "BDO" and "SPOT" and "ID to fly" domestically is a dog and pony show that needs to be foreclosed on by the American people.