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reThe balance of power in airport security screening
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:10:00 -0500
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From: Jay Goodman Tamboli <jay () tamboli cx> Date: February 3, 2010 3:11:35 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] The balance of power in airport security screening
On Feb 3, 2010, at 08:06, Gordon Syme wrote:According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8490860.stm passengers 'selected' to be scanned by the full-body scanners (the article does notspecify if they are X-ray or not) have no choice, they must either submit to the scan or not fly. There is no alternative pat-down or similar.It's actually worse than that in some parts of the US. According to a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in August 2007, you don't have a right even to turn around and leave once you've entered the screening process. If you're selected for a body scan and say you'd rather not fly, the TSA has the right to detain you and screen you anyway. The case is United States v. Aukai, and it's described at http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/08/court-says-trav/ ./jgt -- http://tamboli.cx/
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