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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 27 2015, @09:16PM
It wasn't "terrorism" that won, the whole concept has been hijacked to inspire fear in the populace and enact police state style policies. I'm sure the perpetrators enjoy seeing the erosion of our freedoms, but it wasn't their purpose. Their purpose is to enact vengeance and attempt to dissuade interference with their actions, in that case it failed spectacularly though it has probably led to an increase in volunteers... Everyone has lost as the war machine keeps rolling onward, even those who benefit from it in the short term.
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Wednesday October 28 2015, @11:12AM
Actually, when you consider that Osama Bin Laden's stated goal for 9/11 was to whip the US up into a state of frenzied military spending that would ultimate ruin it... I'd say he won. He's laughing at you from his grave right now*
*Assuming he's actually dead, of course, what with the body being conveniently lost at sea. My personal tinfoil is that he was dead long before that raid took place, but that's another matter.