Video JFK TSA "agents" force me to stop recording Part 1

And here we see why "lying TSA employee" is redundant.

I find it hard to believe you'd ask someone who self-identifies as a TSA employee and expect anything resembling "truth" from them.

Handing out free rope?

The policy has not changed, I have no explanation for the actions in the video, check out the published rules on photography here:

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/taking_pictures.shtm

The best blog post we had on it was here, it explains that some of the states and other municipalities and airports may have different rules, but TSA does not prohibit photography and video:

http://blog.tsa.gov/2009/03/can-i-take-photos-at-checkpoint-and.html

The only times it should create a problem is if the person photographing or taking video is interfering with the screening process or if they film the screens on the equipment. Even in those cases, the easiest thing to do is ask the person to move out of the way or change positions and the situation resolves itself 99% of the time.

Of course, being professional and courteous should be the rule, and accomplishes the job much more effectively.

Sure you do.

You just won't say it in public.

Or possibly telling their idiots and thugs that while the policy allows video/stills, it is acceptable to intimidate people into not doing so.

The TSA is certainly doing nothing effective to stop the attempts at intimidation. Whether this is deliberate or not is irrelevant. It simply tells us that either the TSA as an organization is complicit in the intimidation (which is bad) or the employees are simply too stupid to be trained (which is also bad.)

So he claims. Of course, he also claims in public to be an employee of the TSA, which renders anything he (or she, for that matter) might write/type/say as "probably a lie."

I can't speak for others, but the way I learned it was to be professional and courteous, that is what I hear all the time from HQ and in all the training I recieve.

I do not have any information on what TSA is doing to correct this particular person, I simply do not know.

The regulations on photography and video are in our training, and are reinforced in briefings.

I have never heard anything to the contrary of the regulations regarding photography/video, either from HQ or local management, and when I have had co-workers that were confused or mistaken about the regulations, I have actively corrected them.

Either the TSA is not correcting them at all, or they're simply ignoring the corrections and the TSA hasn't terminated their employment.

Does it really matter which?

That's a rhetorical question, yes? Just look at the employees.

I can't give you an answer on the disconnect, because I don't have one. I know that there are always going to be disconnects of varying degrees, but on something this basic, there is no reasoning I can give you.

As far as compliance with things outside the SOP, I can give you no reasoning on that either, the SOP is there for a reason, and we are all required to train and test on it. Of course, I am also wise enough to know that if I am in doubt about something, I am going to
1) Elevate it to the STSO/TSM on scene, or
2) Find the proper answer if they don't have it, and most importantly
3) Learn that section of the SOP to prevent any future confusion

I can't comment on the last question you have.

I note that the two sets are not mutually exclusive.

But I do understand why anyone currently "working" for the TSA would be fearful of pointing out the shortcomings of the agency - where else would they find a job if they've already sunk so low as to "work" for the TSA?

Sure you do.

You just won't say it in public.