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Judges aren't too fond of, "We're trying him, but we destroyed the videotape." Had he had the guts and the funds to let them try him, they would have had to come up with some evidence other than their written reports...wouldn't they?

I am not sure I want to know the answer to that. To those of us who find three hundred dollar fines worth worrying about, the cost of hiring a lawyer is prohibitive. "They" know they can do anything to us, just like Klebold and Harris knew no gun law could stop them.

Government is schizophrenic. You deal with it knowing it can be a good and gentle institution 90% of the time, but you never can be sure it isn't off its meds. Then, BAM. You're in the hands of an unrestrained Hannibal Lecter.

I bet if you tried to videotape your encounters with airport security, you would NOT have a happy result, or end up with custody of the video of what happens.

I can't disagree with you. It is concievable to me that they came down too hard on the guy and also they covered themselves. I'm not too naive to imagine it. None the less, in reading the article and evaluateing the tone of the guys own words, I think it is also likely the guys a jerk that provoked the situation and got more than he asked for. No sympathy here nor for that matter concerns that the same is likely to happen to me.