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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: 5, Insightful) by isostatic on Tuesday October 27 2015, @06:51PM
many people in this country don't care about freedom at all
Bingo.
Oh wait, no. America is land of the free, home of the brave. Nowhere is it clearer than at the airport, where your population says "Fuck You" to some twats from Saudi Arabia and carrys on as they always have.
Oh wait, that was the other universe, the one where the average american has a spine. LOL.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 27 2015, @07:02PM
Spineless, huh? Why do you hold the US population to higher standards than anyone else in the world? I'd much rather live in the US where dirty laundry gets aired and you are allowed to express your outward dislike for the status quo. In the EU you are given the veneer of freedom while under the heavy unseen hand. "Hey! Look at what THOSE guys are doing! Good thing that kind of thing doesn't happen here!"
(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.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by edIII on Tuesday October 27 2015, @10:51PM
You couldn't be more wrong. The average American isn't lacking a spine at all. Watch what happens once you piss off some of them. #BlackLivesMatter isn't run by spineless people, but people that have finally been pissed off enough to sacrifice for a goal.
What's going on is apathy which is distinctly different than a lack of courage and commitment. When we speak of bread & circuses, we aren't saying they're without a spine. We're saying they're stupid and easily distracted, despite open abuses by government.
Americans are stupid and easily distracted, not cowards. Remember, a coward actually cares about what he fears. An American isn't even educated or sophisticated enough anymore to be afraid.
The fact that CISA will pass today, despite American's being largely against it, shows that we are apathetic citizens not deserving of freedom anymore. On that I'm serious. Americans don't fight for freedom anymore, and have no passion for it as long the boob tube is available each night, and Angry Birds or Candy Crush still works on their tablets.
There's simply no way these people in government would abuse as much if there were marches and demonstrations routinely near a million people in Washington. It would be effective when these shitheads can't even move around town because they're are too many pissed off people demonstrating against them.
It's so much worse than spineless. Americans are nothing more than cows milling about in front of the slaughterhouse.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 27 2015, @11:43PM
Americans are stupid and easily distracted, not cowards.
Americans are generally cowards, stupid, easily distracted, *and* anti-freedom. How many people are opposed to the drug war completely and not merely the ban on marijuana? How many people are completely opposed to mass surveillance? How many people are completely opposed to the government forcing you to surrender your constitutional liberties in exchange for being allowed to engage in some innocuous activity or privilege (TSA, DUI checkpoints)? Warrantless surveillance of any sort? Protest permits? Free speech zones? Unfettered border searches? Stop-and-frisk? If most people are opposed to all of those (as a start), then what you said would seem more legitimate.
There are countless people who are so cowardly and worthless that they are willing to trade fundamental freedoms and a government that follows the highest law of the land for security.