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Appeals Court Caves To TSA Over Nude Body Scanners

Posted by timothy on from the privilege-of-free-movement-and-assembly dept.

OverTheGeicoE writes "The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) recently filed a petition to force the Department of Homeland Security to start its public comment period on body scanners within 60 days or stop using them entirely. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued its ruling (PDF), and has refused EPIC's petition. DHS told the court earlier that it expected to have a formal rule proposal on body scanners by the end of February, so the court denied EPIC's motion on the expectation that public comment period would start by late March. TFA and this submission have a pessimistic headline on this ruling, but other sources seem to think the glass is half-full, and that EPIC in effect got what it wanted. Is this a victory or a defeat? Will the rulemaking process start on time, or will a TSA dog eat the proposed rule in late March and force further delay?"

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  1. We keep getting closer ... by damn_registrars · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... to what Dilbert predicted back in 2004

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    Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
  2. Civics: What a joke by wcrowe · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wish I could sue my old high school for wasting my time with civics class. It was there I was taught that we had three branches of government, and that part of the job for each branch was to keep an eye on the other two branches in a system of "checks and balances". Clearly this was just a lot of sentimental BS.

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    Proverbs 21:19
  3. Re:It's the media's support by garcia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was out in Orlando for work in April and LA in May. At MSP (my home airport) and MCO we had a choice in scanner methods, in LA we didn't. I refused to use the scanner, instead opting for the manual pat down.

    At MCO I was through the "traditional" scanner method quickly, 10 minutes faster than my coworkers who got their chromosomes scrambled. In LA, I was 30 seconds behind my coworker.

    It's not fucking worth it to use the scanners. IMO we should all be opting out and forcing the TSA to work harder to get the job done. If people stood up against the intrusion it would be far more effective than the courts telling them to do X and them ignoring it.

    They can't as easily ignore an airport full of VERY angry passengers waiting in long lines to do it the "hard" way.