Put The TSA On Record
9/11 is a day the citizens of this country will never forget. The tragic images from that day will remain burned in our minds for eternity. Here at Lions of Liberty we grieve for the families and friends that lost loved ones on that destructive day.It is not stated often enough that the people of this country cannot allow the events of that day to threaten the freedom and liberty that we enjoy. Our politicians take an oath of office to defend the constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic. Since 9/11 the political and military focus has shifted to supposed foreign threats, while we have allowed our own elected officials to govern with little or no allegiance to the constitution here at home.Frequently, our authoritarian rulers use the events of 9/11 and our nation’s “security” as a justification for their intrusive domestic policies. There is probably no better example than the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) to illustrate the vast amount of privacy and dignity we have lost due to government overreach.Lions of Liberty’s own Marc Clair wrote of his shocking experience with the TSA a few months ago in two separate articles. In the first, Marc details receiving a Memorial Day grope from a TSA agent and he even includes the complaint letter filed with the TSA. In the second article, he rehashes the phone conversation he had with a TSA supervisor in response to the complaint that was filed.Many of us, like Marc, have been embarrassed or harassed by TSA employees under the guise of airport security. We’ve been left with the option of not flying, or allowing the TSA to disrespect, fondle, and embarrass us. Until now, there has been little we could do other than filing a complaint with the TSA. We can see from Marc's experience that the complaint process changes nothing. The excerpt below, from a recent article at wired.com explains that the TSA was required by law to allow for a 90 day period for public comments regarding their decision to use Advanced Imaging Technology scanners as the “primary” method of screening.
A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered the Transportation Security Administration to explain why it hasn’t complied with the court’s year-old decision demanding the agency hold public hearings concerning the rules and regulations pertaining to the so-called nude body scanners installed in U.S. airport security checkpoints.The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s brief order came in response to the third request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center for the court to enforce its order.A year ago, the circuit court, in a lawsuit brought by EPIC, set aside a constitutional challenge trying to stop the government from using intrusive body scanners across U.S. airports. But the decision on July 15, 2011 also ordered TSA “to act promptly” and hold public hearings and publicly adopt rules and regulations about the scanners’ use, which it has not done.The public comments and the agency’s answers to them are reviewable by a court — which opens up a new avenue for a legal challenge to the 2009 agency decision to deploy the scanners. Critics maintain the scanners, which use radiation to peer through clothes, are threats to Americans’ privacy and health, which the TSA denies.The three-judge appellate court, which is one stop from the Supreme Court, said that the Transportation Security Administration breached federal law in 2009 when it formally adopted the Advanced Imaging Technology scanners as the “primary” method of screening. The judges — while allowing the scanners to be used — said the TSA violated the Administrative Procedures Act for failing to have a 90-day public comment period, and ordered the agency to undertake one.
As a result of this ruling, the website tsacomment.com was started in order to give the TSA's victims an area where comments on their TSA experiences can be compiled. Here’s the comment fellow Lions of Liberty writer Marc left:
I had my genitals touched by the hand of a TSA employee. When I spoke with a TSA supervisor at the airport, I was told that this was completely in line with TSA policy and that they "had to see what I was packing down there". The supervisor also admitted that if this happened on the street, it would be sexual assault. How does the TSA justify sexually assaulting passengers?
If the TSA has infringed upon your constitutional rights, intruded upon your privacy, or committed an assault while "screening" you, please make sure to visit the site and leave a comment. Let’s remind the politicians that created the TSA who pays their salary! It is time to end the TSA and allow the free market to provide efficient and effective airport security.Receive access to ALL of our EXCLUSIVE bonus audio content – including “Conspiracy Corner”, “Degenerate Gamblers” and the “League of Liberty Podcast” by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride and supporting us on Patreon![amazon_image id="0230120954" link="true" target="_blank" size="medium" ]Permanent Emergency: Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security[/amazon_image] [amazon_image id="B006LG20EQ" link="true" target="_blank" size="medium" ]Domestic and International Traveler's Survival Guide: How To Interact with TSA, Customs, Immigration and Other Federal Officers[/amazon_image] [amazon_image id="0981717209" link="true" target="_blank" size="medium" ]TSA and Me: A Light-hearted Look at Travel Today[/amazon_image] [amazon_image id="1876175796" link="true" target="_blank" size="medium" ]The Emerging Police State: Resisting Illegitimate Authority[/amazon_image]
