Court Unlikely to Halt ‘Nude’ Airport Body Scanners – Threat Level
A federal appeals court on Thursday appeared unlikely it would block the use and ongoing deployment of the so-called “nude” airport body scanners, which the government maintains are necessary to protect the airways from terrorists.
Still, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which hears challenges to Department of Homeland Security policies, did not indicate during an hour-long oral argument here whether it agreed with allegations that the machines are an unconstitutional privacy invasion, ineffective and unhealthy. Instead, the three-judge panel, which did not say when it would rule, appeared stuck in the procedural muck, and spent little time on those bread-and-butter issues.
Court Unlikely to Halt ‘Nude’ Airport Body Scanners – Threat Level
A federal appeals court on Thursday appeared unlikely it would block the use and ongoing deployment of the so-called “nude” airport body scanners, which the government maintains are necessary to protect the airways from terrorists.
Still, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which hears challenges to Department of Homeland Security policies, did not indicate during an hour-long oral argument here whether it agreed with allegations that the machines are an unconstitutional privacy invasion, ineffective and unhealthy. Instead, the three-judge panel, which did not say when it would rule, appeared stuck in the procedural muck, and spent little time on those bread-and-butter issues.
