EPIC Sues DHS & TSA RE: Naked Body Scans

EPIC has filed a lawsuit to suspend the deployment of body scanners at US airports, pending an independent review.

The Transportation Security Administration operates the body scanner devices at airports throughout the United States. On July 2, 2010, EPIC filed a petition for review and motion for an emergency stay, urging the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to suspend the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) full body scanner program. EPIC said that the program is "unlawful, invasive, and ineffective."

EPIC argued that the federal agency has violated the Administrative Procedures Act, the Privacy Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Fourth Amendment. EPIC cited the invasive nature of the devices, the TSA's disregard of public opinion, and the impact on religious freedom.

Lawsuit PDF

EPIC.org

The TSA recently established body scanners as PRIMARY screening.
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Body scanners produce detailed, three-dimensional images of individuals. Security experts have described whole body scanners as the equivalent of "a physically invasive strip-search."

According to the DHS Secretary, the devices, which had once been part of a pilot program for seconary screening, will now be deployed in 28 additional airports. The devices are designed to capture and STORE photographic images of naked air travelers.

I refuse to fly. My freedom, privacy, and liberty are of far higher concern than my security.

I'm glad to see EPIC lobbying for freedom.

EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.

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[edit on 2-8-2010 by Sri Oracle]