Harvard law students sue TSA, claim body scans are unconstitutional

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Harvard law students sue over airport body scans
December 1, 2010
Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff

Two Harvard Law School students are suing the Transportation Security Administration, claiming that the agency's full-body scanners and enhanced pat-downs are unconstitutional.

The scans, which show images of airline passengers' naked bodies, and the pat-downs, which include touching genital areas, violate Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures, according to the complaint, which was filed in federal court on Monday.

The law school students, Jeffrey H. Redfern, and Anant N. Pradhan, are asking the court to declare the security practices unconstitutional and to ban the TSA from using the scanners or pat-downs without reasonable suspicion or probable cause.

Link: http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/12/harvard_law_stu.html?p1=News_links

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1. EXCELLENT!!!

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2. Jeffrey Redfern?!?!?

[WilliamPitt]

3. Jesus

Good eye.

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