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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 3:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Scots_Al

And on the question of detention - does the notion of a citizen's arrest exist in the US - and if so, could it apply here?
The TSA's TSO's are agents of the federal government. Citizen's arrest is not a credible, nor, I believe a permissible action for "state" actors.
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