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According to The Hill a lawsuit argued the agency failed to follow rulemaking procedures on the devices before deploying them.
A federal judge ordered the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Friday to quickly finalize a rulemaking procedure for the controversial full-body scanners it uses at airport security checkpoints across the country.
The agency was sued by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) over the controversial devices in a lawsuit that argued that the TSA did not follow federal procedure for rulemaking when it decided to deploy the scanners, which are known as Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) devices.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on Friday, ordering the TSA to "submit to the court a schedule for the expeditious issuance of a final rule" on the full-body scanners within 30 days.
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(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 27 2015, @08:57PM
The dirty laundry does not get aired, at least not easily OR freely. People in the US are bought off or disappeared just as in other countries, but there is an open tolerance towards criticism as long as it doesn't cross the line or get too vocal. The Occupy movement proved this, and shockingly these actions are carried out almost in the open and spun to minimize criticism and maximize legitimacy. The US has the same veneer, with different propaganda that hammers the idea of freedom into everyone's head.