Airport Patdowns
After the October 2010 cargo planes bomb plot, the U.S. increased air passenger screenings, and expanded a new, more thorough pat-down procedure for airline passengers. Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), complained, saying “Americans now must choose between a virtual strip search and a grope”, but declined to say whether the ACLU would file a legal challenge to the new procedure.
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Famous quotes containing the word airport:
“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)