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TSA Changes Its Rules, ACLU Lawsuit Dropped

Posted by Soulskill on from the get-off-my-plane dept.

ndogg writes "Earlier this year, there was much ado about a Ron Paul staffer, Steve Bierfeldt, being detained by the TSA for carrying large sums of money. The ACLU sued on his behalf, and the TSA changed its rules, now stating that its officers can only screen for unsafe materials. With that, the ACLU dropped its suit. '[Ben Wizner, a staff lawyer for the ACLU, said] screeners get a narrow exception to the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches, strictly to keep weapons and explosives off planes, not to help police enforce other laws.'"

3 of 285 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Also: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Laughable: The policies set in the past 8 months by Obama are far worse than anything set in the previous 8 years under Bush!

  2. A temporary setback by PingXao · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The next Republican president will expand TSA's authority to search for any and all contraband. To think they're going to limit themselves is ludicrous. Big Brother never says, "I don't want to look."

  3. Re:Also: by PitaBred · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sorry. I've seen too many Obamapologists. It's just choosing a team and sticking with it no matter what the actual facts. I wrongly lumped you in with them.

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