May 22nd, 2008

Customs, Travel and Tech Privacy

Andy Patrizio, InternetNews

The oft-maligned Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has earned a reputation for ridiculous overreach, confiscating fingernail clippers, tweezers and assorted benign implements on the grounds it could be used to hijack an airplane.

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The government's position appears to be that you have no right to know what the rules are, despite a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and repeated attempts by a Florida law firm to find out.

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