[USNBandit]

After reading the article it is pretty clear he planned this whole event. He had an email from TSA that he says gave him permission to use a recording device in the checkpoint. It appears he also refused to give his name. That is a necessary piece of information for airline security. There is a difference between, "I lost my license," and "I know my rights and I'm not telling you my name."

Arresting the guy was what he wanted. They should have shown him the door and then let him walk home. I'm sure his further experiences with TSA will be full of excitement.

[Girlene]

Arresting the guy was what he wanted.

Probably so, but the jury found him not guilty on all counts. Jury Finds Phil Mocek Not Guilty of All Charges From TSA Arrest From the article:

After an hour of deliberation Friday evening, a Bernalillo County, New Mexico, jury found Phil Mocek not guilty of all four charges he faced after refusing to show his ID and using a video recorder at a TSA checkpoint in 2009. ...

.....According to Edward Hasbrouck of the Identity Project, Mocek did not testify, and defense rested on Friday without calling any witnesses or presenting any evidence.

lol, the defense didn't rebut the charges and the jury still found him not guilty. Seems the flying public is fed up, and rightly so (IMO, of course).

[NFHale]

“...it is pretty clear he planned this whole event...”
“...Arresting the guy was what he wanted. ...”

Maybe so..but I have to give him a nod of respect here. Most people just sit and bitch about it, then go ahead grazing like sheep and let themselves be groped and otherwise humiliated by folks who aren’t qualified to flip burgers at Burger Joint...

He put himself in the Arena, took the abuse, and was acquitted in a court of law by a jury of his peers, setting precedent for others.

Pretty good, I’d say.