November 30, 2010

What Is the Limit of TSA Statutory Authority?

The pat downs of traveling U.S. citizens at the nations' airports have attracted a lot of attention by civil rights advocates. It appears the authority for the TSA to engage in intrusive searches is not limited to the nation's airports. Under the Aviation and Transport Security Act of 2001, Congress gave TSA authority to conduct its body searches at bus terminals. The video below shows that the federal government does not seem to perceive any limitation on its rights to invade privacy of the traveling public.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hum, I don't remember you coming out against the Patriot Act when Bush was in charge. Why is it a problem now that we have a Democrat in office. I'm just saying...

PTT said...

I wan't blogging back in 2001. However, in 2008, I was blogging. Here is a link to the post about the 2008 bailout orchestrated by President Bush, Hank Paulson, and the Democrat Congress: http://photontorpedotube.blogspot.com/2008/10/senate-passes-emergency-bill-bailing.html Read that and let me know if you still think I'm a hypocrite.