Editing Transportation Security Administration (section)

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After the November 2010 initiation of enhanced screening procedures of all airline passengers and flight crews, the [[US Airline Pilots Association]] issued a press release stating that pilots should not submit to full-body scanners because of unknown radiation risks and calling for strict guidelines for pat-downs of pilots, including evaluation of their fitness for duty after the pat-down, given the stressful nature of pat-downs.<ref name="Sharkey">Joe Sharkey, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/business/16road.html?_r=1&ref=joe_sharkey Screening Protests Grow as Holiday Crunch Looms] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221235651/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/business/16road.html?_r=1&ref=joe_sharkey |date=February 21, 2015 }}, ''[[New York Times]]'', November 15, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722040738/http://usairlinepilots.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7709several President's Message], [[US Airline Pilots Association]] press release, November 8, 2010.</ref> Two airline pilots filed suit against the procedures.<ref>Steve Everly and Randy Heaster, [http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/19/2454162/airline-security-gets-private.htm Airline security gets private]{{dead link|date=October 2012}}, [[The Kansas City Star]], November 19, 2010.</ref>

In March 2011, two [[New Hampshire]] [[New Hampshire House of Representatives|state representatives]] introduced proposed legislation that would criminalize as [[sexual assault]] invasive TSA pat-downs made without [[probable cause]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew J. |last=Manuse |title=Rep. Andrew J. Manuse: Why I sponsored the TSA 'don't touch my junk' bill |date=March 7, 2011 |url=http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rep.+Andrew+J.+Manuse%3A+Why+I+sponsored+the+TSA+%27don%27t+touch+my+junk%27+bill&articleId=efce1bff-2306-4c81-accc-595d35f06027 |work=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |access-date=March 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006020917/http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rep.+Andrew+J.+Manuse%3A+Why+I+sponsored+the+TSA+%27don%27t+touch+my+junk%27+bill&articleId=efce1bff-2306-4c81-accc-595d35f06027 |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Josh | last = Rogers | title = O'Brien Applauds Vote to Retain Anti-TSA Bill | date = March 10, 2011 | url = http://www.nhpr.org/obrien-applauds-vote-retain-anti-tsa-bill | work = [[New Hampshire Public Radio]] | access-date = March 21, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110311213906/http://www.nhpr.org/obrien-applauds-vote-retain-anti-tsa-bill | archive-date = March 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Lauren | last = Frayer | title = Man With 4th Amendment on Chest Sues Over Airport Arrest | date = March 15, 2011 | url = http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/15/aaron-tobey-student-with-4th-amendment-on-chest-sues-over-airp/ | work = [[AOL News]] | access-date = March 21, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110323235856/http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/15/aaron-tobey-student-with-4th-amendment-on-chest-sues-over-airp/ | archive-date = March 23, 2011 }}</ref> In May 2011, the [[Texas House of Representatives]] passed a bill that would make it illegal for Transportation Security Administration officials to touch a person's genitals when carrying out a [[Frisking|patdown]]. The bill failed in the [[Texas Senate|Senate]] after the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] threatened to make Texas a [[no-fly zone]] if the legislation passed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullum|first=Jacob|title=Feds Threaten No-Fly Zone Over Texas|url=http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/25/feds-threaten-no-fly-zone-over|access-date=May 25, 2011|newspaper=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|date=May 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Kashmir|title=TSA Threatens To Cancel All Flights Out Of Texas If 'Groping Bill' Passed|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/05/25/tsa-threatens-to-cancel-all-flights-out-of-texas-if-groping-bill-passed/|access-date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=[[Forbes]]|date=May 25, 2011}}</ref> In the [[United States House of Representatives]], [[Ron Paul]] introduced the [[American Traveler Dignity Act]] (H.R.6416),<ref>[https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/11/ron_paul_would_like_to_give_yo.html Ron Paul Would Like to Give You Back Your Dignity] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023033953/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/11/ron_paul_would_like_to_give_yo.html |date=October 23, 2012 }}, New York magazine, November 18, 2010</ref> but it stalled in committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/6416?s=1&r=36|title=H.R.6416 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): American Traveller Dignity Act of 2010|date=November 17, 2010}}</ref>

On July 2, 2010, the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]] (EPIC) filed a lawsuit in federal court asking to halt the use of full-body scanners by the TSA on [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth amendment]] grounds, and arguing that the TSA had failed to allow a public notice and rulemaking period. In July 2011, the D.C. Circuit court of appeals ruled that the TSA did violate the [[Administrative Procedure Act (United States)|Administrative Procedure Act]] by failing to allow a public notice and comment rule-making period. The Court ordered the agency to "promptly" undertake a public notice and comment rulemaking. In July 2012, EPIC returned to court and asked the court to force enforcement; in August, the court granted the request to compel the TSA to explain its actions by the end of the month.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/court-orders-tsa-to-justify-year-long-defiance-of-the-law/ ARS Technica] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420064638/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/court-orders-tsa-to-justify-year-long-defiance-of-the-law/ |date=April 20, 2016 }}- Posted August 2, 2012; Retrieved August 8, 2012,</ref> The agency responded on August 30, saying that there was "no basis whatsoever for (The DC Circuit Court's) assertion that TSA has delayed implementing this court's mandate," and said it was awaiting approval from the Department of Homeland Security before the hearings take place. The TSA also said that it was having "staffing issues" regarding the issue, but expects to begin hearings in February 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/tsa-no-scanner-stonewalling/ |title=TSA Denies Stonewalling Nude Body-Scanner Court Order |magazine=Wired |access-date=September 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219020907/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/tsa-no-scanner-stonewalling/ |archive-date=February 19, 2014 }} TSA Denies Stonewalling Nude Body-Scanner Court Order.</ref> The comment period began on March 25, 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-22/tsa-to-ask-public-about-naked-image-scanners-pat-downs |title=TSA to Ask Public About Naked-Image Scanners, Pat-Downs - Businessweek |access-date=March 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330003711/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-22/tsa-to-ask-public-about-naked-image-scanners-pat-downs |archive-date=March 30, 2013 }} TSA to Ask Public About Naked Image Scanners, Pat-downs</ref><ref name="regulations">{{cite web|url=http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=TSA-2013-0004-0001|title=NPRM: Passenger Screening Using Advanced Imaging Technology (Federal Register Publication)|date=March 25, 2013|publisher=Regulations.gov|access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref> and closed on June 25, 2013, with over 90% of the comments against the scanners.<ref name="regulations" /> As of October 2015, no report has been issued.

Two separate Internet campaigns promoted a "National Opt-Out Day," the day before [[Thanksgiving]], urging travelers to "opt out" of the scanner and insist on a pat-down.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/t-s-a-screening-measures-draw-virtual-protests/?src=twrhp | work=The New York Times | first=Sara J. | last=Welch | title=T.S.A. Screening Measures Draw Virtual Protests | date=November 19, 2010}}</ref> The enhanced pat-down procedures were also the genesis of the "[[Don't touch my junk]]" [[Internet meme|meme]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/17/junk-conquers-pop-culture-universe/|title="Junk" catchphrase rockets into pop culture lexicon|last=Rowe|first=Peter|date=November 17, 2010|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>