WillCAD

It will always be an issue because there will always be those who fail to understand that whatever power they're granted when they put on a uniform or a badge or take an oath is limited in scope, circumstance, and duration. There will always be those who see anyone who doesn't respect their authoritah as enemies who must be destroyed. And there will always be those who simply don't care about rules, laws, or anyone but themselves, and use their authority as a cudgel to abuse and torment others, either due to prejudice or because they simply enjoy inflicting pain. Such people will always push the limits of their authority, a little at a time, creeping slowly toward authoritarianism, one pat-down, one grope, one yell or finger point or confiscation at a time. Until something grabs them by the collar and yanks them back.

Thus, these behaviors need to be brought back into the public eye periodically and the arguments need to be rehashed, so that those with authority are reminded that it's not absolute, not limitless, and not the most important thing in the universe. And that they are not unique or special or entitled to do more than anyone else doing their job.

CMK10

Hey good for my "home" circuit. Always nice to see a logical, commonsense decision.

FliesWay2Much

That's the case in MD. That's why Linda Tripp of Monica Lewinsky fame went to jail for releasing her recording of telephone conversations with Lewinsky. In that case, there WAS an expectation of privacy combined with two-party consent.

I wonder if the TSA would attempt to prohibit filming during the "private room" strip searches using the expectation of privacy standard?

looker001

I am surprise there was even a case on this. TSA always permitted one to record the checkpoint per their own policy. Also many federal courts ruled that recording in public is 1st amendment protected activity.

Boggie Dog

While TSA policy has allowed recording of screenings not all TSA employs have always complied with policy. Probably the most egregious case involved a STSO at New Orleans who called police on a 16 year old for recording the pat down of his father. Sadly the video of this encounter has been taken down. Fortunately reports of these kinds of incidents have decreased.

This Is Why TSA Agents Shouldn’t Have Badges!

looker001

When i fly i have done 1st amendment audits by video recording TSA, while i had them call cops on me, that is normally where it ends once they get educated on 1st amendment. I did once have cops threaten to arrest me, to which i reply go ahead make my day as i will just get a nice payout as result. Cops ended up walking away once supervisor arrived. I am sure court ruling will not change anything as those TSA agents that feel one don't have the right to record will still be calling the cops regardless of what court says.

FlyDeltaMD88

Those power hungry at the TSA don't care about your rights or the constitution or even what's on their own website. They care that you "respect their authority".