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Group says body scanners an 'unreasonable search'

A privacy rights advocacy group told appellate judges Thursday that the use of full-body scanners as a first line of defense at airport security checkpoints is an "unreasonable search" in violation of passengers' civil rights.The Electronic Privacy Information Center wants to stop the Transportation Security Administration from using the scan that shows a naked image of a passenger's body as a primary means of screening. EPIC says the policy is a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution and laws protecting privacy and religious freedom and is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to require the agency to make a new rule with input from the public before it goes into effect.The government responds that it has privacy safeguards in place, such as measures to protect travelers' identity from agents viewing the images, which it says make the searches reasonable and "minimally invasive."Government attorney Beth Brinkmann told the three-judge panel hearing the first ora...

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  1. Increasing Airport Security

    Failed plane bombing fuels calls for whole- body scanners

  2. Just Say No

    National Opt-Out Day organizer Brian Sodergren tells Alan why he's urging travelers to refuse the body - scanners

  3. Airport Scanners: Are They Putting You in Danger?

    The new full-body scanners in place at 60 airports across the country have been causing outrage in recent weeks – and that’s putting it pretty mildly.From lawsuits b...

  4. TSA's Body Scanners Are Constitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules

    The public should have had the chance to raise concerns about full body scanners before the government put them in airports around the country, a federal appeals cou...

  5. TSA to Upgrade Body Scanners , Eliminate Naked Images

    Under fire from privacy advocates, the Transportation Security Administration is upgrading its full body scanners to eliminate the use of images that show a passenge...

  6. European Union Adopts Guidelines on Airport Body Scanners

    The European Union adopted new guidelines Monday on using body scanners at airports, hoping to address the privacy concerns that have delayed their implementation ac...

  7. Fmr. CEO of American Airlines Calls Full-Body Scanners in Airports a 'Waste of Resources'

    This is a rush transcript from "Your World With Neil Cavuto," January 6, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Authoriti...

  8. Privacy Concerns Likely to Impede Body Scanners in U.K.

    Britain's government wants to quickly deploy full body scanners at U.K. airports to fight an expanded terrorist threat, but privacy concerns — and fears that childre...

  9. TSA Blasts Planned Boycott of Body Scanners on Thanksgiving Eve

    The growing backlash over the government's use of high-tech body scanners finally comes to a head Wednesday, the day activists have urged airline passengers to opt o...

  10. It May Be Time for Trains, Ships and Mass Transit to Use Body Scanners , Napolitano Says

    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano hinted this week that the body scanners and "enhanced" pat-downs that have caused a ruckus at airports across the countr...

  11. Dubai Rejects Full-Body Scanners Because They 'Contradict Islam'

    Dubai airports will not use hi-tech full-body scanners because they "contradict Islam " and violate passengers' privacy, according to reports — even though the scann...

  12. Calls for Full-Body Scanners Re-Ignite Privacy Concerns

    The calls for airports to expand the use of full-body scanners in the wake of the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight have re-ignited privacy concerns f...

  1. Canada to Use Full-Body Scanners in Airports

    Full-body scanners will be introduced in Canada in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt of a U.S. airliner, Canada's transport minister said Tuesday....

  2. Uncovered: Images From Full-Body Scanners Hit the Web

    A new revelation could make the angry debate about the use of full-body scanners at airports even angrier: Some government agencies have improperly stored images fro...

  3. Radiation From Airport Scanners Very Low, Study Says

    Airport scanners are an "extremely low" source of radiation exposure that poses virtually no health risk, not even to frequent air travelers, U.S. researchers said o...

  4. Full body scanners removed from NYC's 2 airports

    The Transportation Security Administration is removing full body scanners from New York's airports and moving them to less busy airports.LaGuardia and Kennedy airpor...

  5. 3D body scanners could help treat eating disorders, researchers say

    3D body scanners could help people with anorexia and bulimia beat the eating disorders, Scottish scientists suggested Wednesday.In a pilot study, patients were more ...

  6. A Different Kind of Full -Body Scanner

    Mitchel Laskey, CEO of Brijot Imaging Systems, on how the company’s technology is promoting safety without infringing on religious and moral tenets.

  7. TSA to remove controversial body scanners from airports

    Trace Gallagher reports from Los Angeles

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