Originally posted by Pentaxor there are certain number of TSA employees that feel they are above the law. the sad thing is the lack of inquiry and investigation done if such maltreatment is done on the victim.
Just to point this out: despite a lot coming out about both abuses and even whole offices being *horribly* bigoted toward LGBT people, ...*most* TSA people I've ever encountered were highly professional and even sympathetic to the plight of various passengers and all, the only *bad* experience I ever actually had (apart from the threats of full-body scans and groping itself, which we didn't in fact encounter on our last trip, but which I wouldn't want to face under travel stress cause of certain bad experiences in my past, and general anxieties folks like me live with daily anyway,) ...the only actual bad experience actually was someone overstressed by a busy day who didn't understand you could have film hand-inspected on request, even if it is labeled under ISO (....800, was it?)
...Intrusive and abuseable policies aside, most *actual* TSA people I've encountered have been sensible, professional, and even friendly. And the 'rent-a-cop' factor's usually pretty low, (I grew up around police, and a lot of private security couldn't make the cut, precisely cause they were too belligerent, even among gung-ho rookies: this doesn't seem to be the case with many TSA people. I can read people pretty well, and to my experience, these folks can tell the difference between 'someone up to no good' and 'someone suppressing an anxiety attack' pretty well, generally. They must get it a lot. And that may be a better security solution than more-intrusive machines. The people. (and maybe chemical-sniffers or... how bout *doggies, already?*) I'm favorably-impressed with most of the people, though I've read about lots of the abuses. )