[Travis McGee]

So you approve of the TSA person who stole Mr. Masterson's private property to "teach him a lesson" and set him up for more abusive searching???

(Some folks just love to polish leather jackboots with their tongues.)

[quidnunc]

Travis McGee wrote: So you approve of the TSA person who stole Mr. Masterson's private property to "teach him a lesson" and set him up for more abusive searching???

Personally I don't mind if they look at my stuff, but don't steal it or break it.

Additionally I don't mind if they single me out for extra attention as long as they have a logical, reasonable and articulable basis for doing so — which does not include randomness or the desire to avoid criticism by logical suspects.

[Labyrinthos]

So you approve of the TSA person who stole Mr. Masterson's private property to "teach him a lesson" and set him up for more abusive searching???

Nope, but I also don't approve of idiots like Mr. Masterson leaving their bags unattended for even a few minutes in an airport given the obvious concerns over terrorism. Even my pre-teen children have more common sense. If Mr. Masterson is going to pout and act like a child then he desrves to be treated like a child and that's what the TSA guy did. And BTW, I have traveled through FLL at least a half dozen times since the TSA took control of airport security without experiencing or even observing anyone else experience the problems for which Mr. Masterson complains.

[Mulder]

Some folks just love to polish leather jackboots with their tongues

Yep. And they love to show up on these airport threads and explain how we Americans should spend hundreds of dollars to get treated like crap and have our Rights violated by some JBT-wannabee.

I call them the "strip me, search me, humilate me" crowd. Their mindset is more along the lines of a Russian peasant than a Free American.