reThe balance of power in airport security screening

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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 not
> > specify 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
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