I read about a case pending in the courts whereby an ordinary passenger is suing TSA for making and using ad hoc regulations on a monthly basis that are classified and therefore can't be reviewed by passengers. This makes it impossible to tell when real regulations are being pursued and when the local employees of any given airline are pulling stuff from their butts to harrass passengers they don't like the looks of.
TSA's argument is that if regular passengers can find out what the regulations are, so can terrorists. And if terrorists can find out what the regulations are, their whole clever plan of catching terrorists with questions they weren't expecting will fail.
At this time, TSA is refusing to release the regulation under dispute to the courts. Unfortunately, this will have to be referred pretty high up the court system before a judge has sufficient jurisdiction to force TSA's hands. Let the delaying tactics begin...
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Date: 2005-01-19 06:47 pm (UTC)TSA's argument is that if regular passengers can find out what the regulations are, so can terrorists. And if terrorists can find out what the regulations are, their whole clever plan of catching terrorists with questions they weren't expecting will fail.
At this time, TSA is refusing to release the regulation under dispute to the courts. Unfortunately, this will have to be referred pretty high up the court system before a judge has sufficient jurisdiction to force TSA's hands. Let the delaying tactics begin...