Originally Posted by
Moriah
I don't think it's an appropriate use of authority, though. I may not want them to see my ACLU membership card, or my voter registration card showing my political party. Or a multitude of other things.
Moriah, that is exactly why TSA has no business going through a wallet as part of an administrative search procedure. Kudos to
bdschobel for standing up to this almost certainly illegal practice.
I've never been asked to produce my wallet at a secondary but, to paraphrase the late Charlton Heston, TSA will get my wallet when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands.