These are corporate lies, not leo lies (in this situation). They were using this narrative to mask their poor fundamentals. The retail version of "extend and pretend."
The lobbying organization is a bunch of ex-cops and lobbyists. CLEAR is a 5013c registered to the house of a prison guard industry lobbyist who was an LEO. The whole thing has been orchestrated by cops for propaganda purposes. Whether the retailers were in on it or duped is immaterial.
I'm pretty "fuck the police" myself, but what if a cop tells you the sky is blue?
Trick question, they would never do that because fuck you, that's why.
Then it must be raining
Then the sky is surveillance drones.
Mmmmhm, but why are they lying?
They're not always lying, but everything they say is always an attempt to get you to incriminate yourself for something.
Cops have two modes: lying and speaking authoritatively from ignorance of the actual law.