Seattle Activist Wins Case Against TSA

(Video) On January 21, a jury cleared Mocek of all misdemeanor charges. “I feel good that we had police and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on record saying that you don’t have to show ID to fly and that you can use a camera at the airport,”Mocek told KOBTV...“ TSA wants people to show ID and submit to a search and groping, but there’s no legal basis for most of this.”...“The TSA relies fundamentally on intimidation." Full Story »

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Jonathan Brough
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by Jonathan Brough - Jan. 24, 2011

More sources need to be drawn into this article, or an inability to get anyone from the TSA or justice department to comment should be noted. The use of the terms "goon" and "gestapo" show a bias which need to then be backed up by cataloguing evidence of the TSA's behaviour. Having said that, this story is well worth consideration and very relevant in these times of body scanners and "groping". It is in the public's interests to know the constraints of the newly manufactured industries emerging around flight security, especially before they encroach into train stations and shopping malls. A quick search reveals the story's absence however across the US national press and broadcasters (NYT, WP, LAT, ABC & CBS) whilst MSNBC and the Seattle Times, where Mocek is a regular contributor, detail the bare minimum facts.

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