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TSA Issues Warning Over Opt Out And Film Week
Hints that local police can arrest protesters using cameras at checkpoints
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Nov 20, 2012
The TSA has officially acknowledged the Infowars Opt Out And Film week protest, and warned that despite the fact it is not prohibited to film at TSA checkpoints, local laws may allow police to intervene and prevent such activity.
On it’s official blog, TSA official Bob Burns notes:
“TSA has given passengers the option of opting out of imaging technology. If you choose to opt out, simply let the officer know you would like to opt out of the body scanner, and you will receive a pat-down instead.”
Burns then states:
“We’re also aware of the Opt Out and Film week, where some are planning on opting out of the body scanner and then filming their experience. TSA respects passengers rights to exercise freedom of speech as well as the rights of fellow travelers trying to get to their destination safely and without unnecessary delay. While the TSA does not prohibit photographs at screening locations, local laws, state statutes, or local ordinances may.”
Essentially, the TSA is intimating that they can and will have anyone engaging in the Opt Out and Film protest arrested by police should they be able to find loopholes in local laws enabling them to do so.
As we reported last month, the TSA removed from it’s website all references to the right to film and photograph at checkpoints, just hours after it was announced that the national campaign was underway to encourage Americans to opt out and film TSA procedures.
However, following a backlash from supporters of the campaign, the approval to film section soon reappeared on the federal agency’s website.
Replace the TSA with Private Security Companies.