I hope (but don't imagine) that she had the sense to get the names and badge numbers of all the people involved. More to the point, while they may have been within their legal rights, HOW they do the things they do might well be out of bounds, despite that WHAT they do is technically okay. (IANAL. IDNPOOTV.)
And, naturally, right after seeing this, dglenn posts a link to this story (http://pennandteller.com/sincity/penniphile/federalvip.html) about Penn Jillette coping with the TSA. It helps that he's a celeb, and has money and the confidence to stand up to them -- but it would be good to spread this around, too, so folks know how to stand up to the rent-a-cops the feds are relying on.
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I hope (but don't imagine) that she had the sense to get the names and badge numbers of all the people involved. More to the point, while they may have been within their legal rights, HOW they do the things they do might well be out of bounds, despite that WHAT they do is technically okay. (IANAL. IDNPOOTV.)
And, naturally, right after seeing this,