Associated Press reports: A man who stripped to his underwear at a Richmond International Airport checkpoint to protest security procedures won’t face a criminal charge. Media outlets report that a disorderly conduct charge against 21-year-old Aaron Tobey of Charlottesville was dropped Monday following a hearing in Henrico General District Court. Read more on MSNBC.
Tag: TSA
EVENT: The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures
For those in the D.C. area or who are willing to travel, there’s an event on January 6th about TSA security procedures that may be of interest. From EPIC.org: January 6, 2011 The Carnegie Institute for Science 1530 P St., NW Washington, DC Featured Speakers: Ralph Nadar Rep. Jason Chaffetz (invited) Rep. Rush Holt (invited)…
What TSA is doing
Stewart Baker writes: The press has been spending a lot of time on TSA’s new policy. This New York Times story is representative (I’ve linked to it here because it has the first ever MSM reference to Skating on Stilts). Despite all the attention, though, there’s a surprising lack of certainty about exactly what TSA…
TSA Must Release Some ‘No-Fly List’ Evidence – Court
Anne Youderian reports: A federal judge in San Francisco ordered the Transportation Security Administration to release some evidence relating to a Muslim woman’s inclusion on the government’s “no-fly list,” breaking what the judge called a “potential jurisdictional impasse.” Rahinah Ibrahim, a Malaysian Muslim, said she was illegally detained at the San Francisco International Airport because…