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Court Orders TSA To Explain Why It Continues To Defy The Law
Agency broke the law by deploying body scanners, then ignored a court order for over a year
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Aug 2, 2012
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has demanded that the TSA explain why it has ignored a now year old order to conduct a public comment process with regards to its use of so called naked body scanners.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA, [...]