My personal opinion on this is that you are either going to have airport
security or you're not..period!

I don't know what this means. There is no such thing as security - only
illusion - if we wish to preserve our basic freedoms. If you are
willing to give up your basic freedoms, then the security you end up
with will prevent you from flying in the first place. There are in fact
gradations in the effectiveness of security, and of the illusions it
presents to the public.

People who are taking pictures at airports unfortunately are now a security
issue.

In what way are they a "security issue"?

In what way does showing an ID make the "security issue" go away?

...recognizing its a security issue until you demonstrate that its not...

Proving your innocence? That's not the way it works in a free society.

By [the OP's] own word, he simply asked you why you were taking
pictures.

No, he was doing so in uniform. That makes all the difference.

Jose
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