Court Approves TSA Body Scans, But Calls For Public Comment

OverTheGeicoE writes "The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals has finally issued a ruling (PDF) on EPIC v. DHS, a lawsuit seeking suspension of the use of body scanners for primary screening pending an independent review that would include a public comment period. According to the summary, the court 'grant[s] the petition for review' but 'due to the obvious need for the TSA to continue its airport security operations without interruption, we remand the rule to the TSA but do not vacate it.' In short, the TSA is required to open up their policy for public comment, but they can continue to use the scanners in the meantime and most likely afterward. This doesn't sound like much of a victory for EPIC or the U.S. public."

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Re:we could take back control...

[ppanon]

Well since the US is one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gas per capita (although China is catching up in pure volume), since that is likely to be one of the greatest causes of human misery in the 21st and 22nd century, and since a supermajority of US citizens are in denial about climate change.... good luck with that.