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DO READ THIS DJF -- Aggressive Searches Pat-down Searches/Sexual Harassment at the Airport
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:47:57 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Barry Steinhardt <bsteinhardt () aclu org> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:42:59 -0500 To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Aggressive Searches Pat-down Searches/Sexual Harassment at the Airport Dave, A September 2004 TSA directive granting airport security screeners broad leeway to conduct "pat-down" searches has led to numerous reports of sexual harassment and abuse. Victims -- particularly women-- are reporting that they are not being offered private searches or searches by screeners of the same sex, and that "private" searches are being conducted behind screens that provide no privacy. Passengers are reporting rough, rude, and humiliating manhandling and groping of their breasts and crotch areas, demeaning sexual comments, and being forced to remove business jackets in full view of crowds, despite the fact that it is a widespread convention in our society for women to wear only bras or other undergarments underneath such jackets. The ACLU is assessing possible responses to this policy. In doing so, it is extremely helpful for us to gain a sense of the kinds of abuses that are taking place. If list members have experienced a problem with pat-down searches at airport security, they can help us end this problem by reporting their story at: https://www.aclu.org/Feedback/Feedback.cfm?R=58 For more information on the abuses, IP members might want to look at http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=17104&c=39, where we have collected many of the news stories. All the best on the new year, Barry Steinhardt Director Technology and Liberty Project American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) www.aclu.org ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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