My "interaction" with a TSA BDO (aka Spot-nick) at EWR May 13, 2017
May 31, 2017, 7:06 pm
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20/20 hindsight, but I would have had the iPhone video recorder cranking when the SPOTNik followed me in the men's room.
Jun 1, 2017, 8:26 am
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Jun 1, 2017, 10:59 am
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The problem with doing that is you better know the laws of the jurisdiction you are in regarding video- and audio-taping. Do it in the wrong place (a bathroom) in certain/most jurisdictions and you could wind up with serious legal problems from zealous federal/local prosecutors using the system to intimidate you in your efforts to "attack" a federal worker...
Jun 1, 2017, 11:15 am
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The problem with doing that is you better know the laws of the jurisdiction you are in regarding video- and audio-taping. Do it in the wrong place (a bathroom) in certain/most jurisdictions and you could wind up with serious legal problems from zealous federal/local prosecutors using the system to intimidate you in your efforts to "attack" a federal worker...
I was scared stiff. I knew that if I made a single mis-step, the cops would be called, I'd miss my flight, I wouldn't be allowed to use my phone to let my folks know, who would be frightened out of their minds when I didn't arrive as scheduled.
You go through life figuring that if you get in a bad spot, you call the police. Except if you're in a 'bad spot' with TSA, the police aren't going to be there to help you, they're just going to do TSA's bidding.