Perjury, just another day in the life of a TSA employee.

Found it on PACER.

Roger Vanderklok v. USA, et al, No. 2:15-cv-00370-GJP (E.D. PA., filed Jan. 23, 2015)
Roger Vanderklok v. USA, et al, No. 15-3619 (3d Cir., filed Nov. 2, 2015)

Put it in my folder. Currently just have the dockets & district court documents that were on RECAP. (I have to pay up to ~$3 per document if I want the rest. Happy to get and share if someone'll reimburse me for it. :-P)

So far it looks like the TSA et al are winning. They got (almost?) all of the district case dismissed. Doesn't look like the appellate case has progressed much yet, but there's a brief by Vanderklok due Thursday.

Interestingly, TSA and Philly PD filed cross-claims against each other, presumably passing the blame. I haven't read any of the briefs yet.

If you can reliably quote, somewhat helpful yes. Hard proof like audio, video, or photo is better.

Had my phone, etc. already secreted away in carryon bags when I was in line, so didn't have an opportunity to record it. If it's useful, I'll send you the affidavit by email this weekend.

Yeah, that's the problem with trying to document abuse at the checkpoints.

Further evidence the TSA screen is just an "obedience test" and
that any assertion of rights is the real offense these half-wits are prosecuting.

Certainly useful. Also, you can use your phone — take photos of signs while in line; put it on video recording before you enter xray, and just put it camera side up in the tray so it's recording the whole time.

That will also get usable audio. That's how I got the SFO evidence.

They haven't posted video yet, so… here's the slides from the talk I gave in Oct. 2015 about what happened to me at BOS, and TSA's obstruction of justice in covering it up. This was before I won the Rehab Act case compelling TSA to at least respond to me.

Some slides not accessible because TSA violated the E-FOIA Act. :/

Isn't California an all-party state? Is that recording legal??

You're thinking of wiretapping laws. Yes, CA is an all-party state for e.g. phone call recording.

However, recording in public is perfectly legal. Presence in public area constitutes consent. Especially if it's a government agent, in the course of their official duties, being filmed in order to record evidence of a federal crime, and recording openly. (They knew I was recording, and I confirmed.) TSA's rules allow recording of anything other than SSI (though they have no authority to stop non-"covered persons" from doing whatever they want with SSI). Even the DOJ has submitted amicus briefs *against* cops who try to stop people from recording them on duty.

Back when the silly liquid rules came in, I was wondering about this: If I want to carry a 750ml bottle of duty-free alcohol, I'm not allowed to. However, it should be okay to turn up at a checkpoint with a 8 empty 100ml bottles and a funnel, decant the big bottle, carry it, empty, with the 8 little full ones through security, then refill the main bottle immediately afterwards.

What would the TSA do if someone actually did this? Surely someone must have tried it by now? My suspicion is that the TSA agents would get angry and delay the passenger and that it is therefore not a "reasonable alternative" in that they are telling you they would let you do that, but in reality it would not go smoothly for you even if you tried.

I don't think you can fit 8 100ml bottles in a quart bag. I've carried 4 that way, and the TSA didn't care (if they even noticed).

And most duty-free shops are inside Security Theater, so your liquor is there already.

I've seen people get away with having more than one "dangerous liquids" bag. If they are strict on limiting it to one per person, it would just require two people travelling together.

(The aside about duty-free shops being airside isn't relevant. Duty-free within the US is also mostly useless, due to having a tiny, over-priced selection. The duty-free that matters is that brought in from other countries, which you then can't carry on your domestic connection because of the TSA.)

I do this all the time. There is a particular liquid hand soap I like from a store in Hawaii. I never check a bag so I decant the soap from the original 8oz pump bottles into several 100ml travel bottles and pack the empty original container. I have managed to squeeze 12 or 13 100ml bottles into my ziplock (OK, it's a little bigger than it should be :D) and 4 empty hand soap dispensers. All in my carryon. Never had a problem and I have done this at least 6 times in the past year or so. I do have PreCheck so generally the liquids bag stays in my carryon but I have had to put it in the bin a couple of times when the Pre line was closed and no one batted an eye.

Saizai, you got keep fighting with TSA & the courts. If you won the case. I'm tired of waiting!!! TSA should known better! I sneaks a bottled water at security by 2 months ago. I put bottled water in my pockets and no one see it. I visit into the entire concourse to watch the plane. While I work at PHX Airport. I have non-SIDA badge. I think it's time to abolished the TSA. End the TSA. NOW!