And again...this is how I know you're talking out of your ass.
Airport Security is NOT a police force...they are SECURITY...they have the authority to deny me access to the area that they are tasked to SECURE.
Now...they do have the right and the authority to call a member of some police force...local or FBI...if they feel I am committing a crime...but if I walk up to security and say...no...I don't want to be scanned...they have the authority to do nothing but deny me passage.
But...of course...[link|http://209.11.43.206/businesstravelnews/travsource/search_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1035804|I don't know anything about it.]