TSA is gonna have people separate their reading material from their carry on luggage? So will I be detained next time for having my Archie Comics mixed with my Playboys and my latest Bill O’Reilly novel? Hey don’t judge me, Archie is still a good comic – PB/TK
US announces plans to inspect books at airport security – By Simon Calder / June 26 2017
Airline passengers in America may be required to separate out books, magazines and papers from cabin baggage – but civil liberties campaigners have insisted that airport security staff should not be able to scrutinise and assess a passenger’s choice of reading matter.
New airport security procedures being tested by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) require travellers to remove paper products — as well as foods such as chocolate and cheese – from their carry-on bags. The TSA says it allow screeners to assess the contents of hand baggage more effectively. On the screens used at airports, such items appear dense and may obscure other items.
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But Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has raised concerns about the possible human rights impact.
In a blog titled “New TSA Policy May Lead to Increased Scrutiny of Reading Material”, he says the move would lead inevitably to “greater scrutiny of passengers’ reading materials”, adding: “Someone reading Arab or Muslim literature in today’s environment has all too much cause to worry about discrimination.”
Continue to independent.co.uk article: http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/us-customs-books-inspect-reading-material-tsa-civil-rights-aclu-interrogation-airport-security-a7808781.html
