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Airport Scanners Sparking Litigation and Protests.
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 11-17-10 | Wall St. Journal Law Blog

Posted on 11/17/2010 1:24:16 PM PST by FS11

Yesterday, two airline pilots filed a federal suit alleging that airport scanners and aggressive pat-down procedures constitute unreasonable searches in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: indictments; lawsuits; prosecution; tsa; tsapervs; tsascanners
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To: FS11

It’s well past time to fight this.

Good for them.

I have a trip to Boston to make next month and it’s just about the limit of whether flying would be better than driving.

But with all this that’s going on, I’m opting for driving. I will protest this at least in that, way as much as humanly possible. No flying until the TSA is brought under control.

They either profile or are abolished altogether.


61 posted on 11/17/2010 3:44:11 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Lady Jag
.....oh, noes!!!!!

62 posted on 11/17/2010 3:47:07 PM PST by luvie (Atlas has shrugged)
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To: Brookhaven
I’ve been waiting for Greyhound and charter bus companies to start running ads about how easy it is to ride the bus. Same with rental cars and “business travel” specials.

Not to mention an amtrak revival in passenger trains. But in all seriousness, once Big Brother has run amok and gets away with our degradation in airports who or what is to prevent them from installing these scanners and grope fest at bus stations? Train Stations? Schools? Stadiums? Anyplace and anywhere large groups of people will be meeting at???? Is this how we want to live our lives? Really?

63 posted on 11/17/2010 3:49:44 PM PST by conservativegramma
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To: curiosity
I feel that scanner is capable of mapping my body for a future nutrition label.
64 posted on 11/17/2010 3:54:53 PM PST by Lady Jag (Double your income... Fire the government)
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To: driftdiver

>> For me its not the nude pic or grope.

I’m against it on principle and so should every other American.

This is just another steps towards desensitizing and dehumanizing the public - eradicate self, individualism, privacy. This fits hand-in-hand with govt health care.

# the Left and its commie fantasies.

Seriously folks, this crap shouldn’t fly with anyone.


65 posted on 11/17/2010 3:59:17 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Petruchio
Yahoo!

Can 65 and above apply?

Gutterman

66 posted on 11/17/2010 4:12:03 PM PST by Gutterman
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To: Benchim
It's very simple & needs stating over & over & over again until they get it(as in get out of our country if you don't like the Constitution)!

N O search and seizure WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE!!

How can a child or a Nunn be suspected?

> THERE IS NO PROBABLE CAUSE.!!!

If you are an Arab male 15 to 65 THERE is probable cause because Arab males blew up our buildings!!!

Stop this crap.

OPT OUT NOVEMBER 24!!

67 posted on 11/17/2010 4:12:22 PM PST by de.rm
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To: Vendome

“I remember a couple of movies in the 90’s where the bomb was inside the person.”

and the scanner won’t pick up on anything under the skin.


68 posted on 11/17/2010 4:14:59 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Gene Eric

“This is just another steps towards desensitizing and dehumanizing the public - eradicate self, individualism, privacy. “

Yep I agree. IMO thats the only purpose of this new process. Any reasonable person knows grandma, grandpa or the 4 yr old isn’t going to be a terrorist.


69 posted on 11/17/2010 4:16:49 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: conservativegramma

We the People need to hit TSA with Lawsuits and Indictments all across the Nation.
Absolutely. We should ‘sarah palin’ them with endless lawsuits, never let up. Just keep hitting them. Eventually the money for defense will start to dry up, even if they try to use taxpayer dollars for defense, eventually it will get shut down or defunded.

But we shouldn’t just hit the TSA organization - we also need to hit individual TSA workers. Charge them with sexual battery and emotional distress. Make them pariahs in their neighborhoods as once you are accused of sexual molestation that’s a hard rap to break. If enough of them have to fight these charges personally (most on a salary less than 50k a year) they’ll quit or work on changing things themselves.

Then we must hit the airports. Not the airlines, the AIRPORTS. Because BY LAW the airports DO NOT have to hire the TSA. They con contract privately. So we sue them also as accomplices, aiding and abetting molestation and assault on their property, and causing emotional stress. If enough of us do this after having been groped by these goons the airports will cave also. They have to.

I think this is the way to win this if Congress refuses to step up to the plate. Freeper attorneys what say you? Is this doable?


I’m an Attorney and yes it is doable. I like the way you think.

http://standupamericaus.com/our-privilege-our-right-and-our-duty-civilian-grand-jury:33320


70 posted on 11/17/2010 4:25:40 PM PST by FS11
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To: ex 98C MI Dude

That is what they did in the Soviet.


71 posted on 11/17/2010 4:28:00 PM PST by Benchim
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To: ex 98C MI Dude

You are correct of course; however, let us assume counselor that we have rampant crime in the east side of town. Can the government “no knock” every house in town?


72 posted on 11/17/2010 4:52:21 PM PST by Benchim
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To: FS11

“I think this is the way to win this if Congress refuses to step up to the plate.”

In the meantime, participate in “Operation Dinner Out”- buy your family “Don’t Touch My Junk” t-shirts and have dinner at a restaurant inside the airport, followed by some browsing of the airport shops. A legal, civil way to make your protestation known.


73 posted on 11/17/2010 5:01:05 PM PST by pops88
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To: mnehring
"I wonder if perverts will start flying more just so they can be groped by TSA?"

How come when Nutpalitino assured us that TSA pat-downs would be done by "same-gender agents" she didn't also say they would be done by "same sexual-orientation agents?"

74 posted on 11/17/2010 5:04:36 PM PST by cookcounty (December 31st is coming.....STOP Obama's Midnight Tax Jack-Up!!)
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To: Lady Jag
Thanksgiving IS FOR Cavities.


75 posted on 11/17/2010 5:06:03 PM PST by Daffynition ("Life Imitates Bacon, but Bacon does not imitate Life. Bacon IS life." ~paulycy)
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To: FS11

If You Invert The Colors On Body Scan Negatives You Get Full-Color Nude Photos http://bit.ly/dviuC6


76 posted on 11/17/2010 5:07:52 PM PST by VRWCTexan (Those who forget history, are doomed to repeat it !)
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To: Reagan69

What happens when the terrorists blow up some malls?

We’ll be groped at mall entrances?

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Exactly. Buses and bus stations, trains and train stations, shopping malls, shipping docks, office buildings, the street corner......

If security is really the issue, there’d be more done in other areas, although I’m sure the other areas are not far behind...

This is ALL about desensitization, submission to authority, and control.


77 posted on 11/17/2010 5:12:22 PM PST by Yooper4Life (They all lie.)
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To: Lazamataz

>>Sean Hannity is in the tank for the Genital Gropes and Nude X-rays.
<<

You are frickin kidding me. What an ASS.


78 posted on 11/17/2010 5:41:16 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("Words that will live in infamy: 'This is not a time for ideological purity.'" - Michelle Malkin)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Outstanding post, I agree.

Too many on MSM and Fox and CNN still hawking the perverted machines and perverted TSAs. Let’s see if they can scare enough people this time... it doesn’t seem like it’s working.


79 posted on 11/17/2010 6:05:35 PM PST by Borax Queen
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To: Reagan69

What happens when they just blow up themselves and all those around....at the groping entrance?


80 posted on 11/17/2010 6:10:48 PM PST by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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