{"id":496,"date":"2010-11-28T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T21:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2011-03-21T21:23:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T04:23:15","slug":"why-the-tsa-pat-downs-and-body-scans-are-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":"Why the TSA pat-downs and body scans are unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Ren\u00c3\u00a9 Hamilton<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and <\/strong>Donald Sage Mackay<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 for submitting this to Swill!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Jeffrey Rosen,\u00c2\u00a0 Sunday, November 28, 2010<\/div>\n

The protest on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was called National Opt-Out Day, and its organizers urged air travelers to refuse the Transportation Security Administration’s full-body scanning machines.<\/p>\n

But many appeared to have opted out of opting out. The TSA reported that few of the 2 million people flying Wednesday chose pat-downs over the scanners, with few resulting delays.<\/p>\n

Read entire story here:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to\u00c2\u00a0Ren\u00c3\u00a9 Hamilton\u00c2\u00a0and Donald Sage Mackay\u00c2\u00a0 for submitting this to Swill!\u00c2\u00a0 By Jeffrey Rosen,\u00c2\u00a0 Sunday, November 28, 2010 The protest on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was called National Opt-Out Day, and its organizers urged air travelers to refuse the Transportation Security Administration’s full-body scanning machines. But many appeared to have opted out of opting out. 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