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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday October 27 2015, @05:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-comes-next-anal-probes dept.

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: 3, Insightful) by N3Roaster on Tuesday October 27 2015, @11:33PM

    by N3Roaster (3860) <roaster@wilsonscoffee.com> on Tuesday October 27 2015, @11:33PM (#255338) Homepage Journal

    People complain about things that affect them. Most air travellers are not getting groped. The shoe removal and liquid restrictions are generally seen as silly but easily anticipated. The scanners, on the other hand, slow things down and at a busy airport it slows things down far too much. For those of us old enough to remember or who travel internationally to places that haven't also implemented these scanners there's a very clear contrast. The scanners are a bad experience all around. Those curious to dig a little deeper on the matter and learn how much money has been spent on the scanners and what the actual security impact is would be right to complain about it. That doesn't mean the other stuff is fine, but most air travellers have not been subjected to it, so they don't complain about it. Regrettable, but understandable.

    Posted from the Detroit airport where I had a very long chat with CBP about all the nothing they were finding with me.

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