January 25, 2011 Former Governor sues TSA
Jesse Ventura, former Governor of Minnesota, former pro wrestler, and well known libertarian, is suing the TSA and DHS stating that full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
The lawsuit claims that searches are “unwarranted and unreasonable intrusions on Governor Ventura’s personal privacy and dignity and are a justifiable cause for him to be concerned for his personal health and well-being”
In 2008, Ventura received a hip replacement. Since, then, he always sets off the metal detectors. Up until last November, he was always checked with a wand and cleared to travel. Now, he must subject himself to invasive body scan or pat downs because he always sets off the metal detectors.
The lawsuit goes on to say the invasive pat down “exposed him to humiliation and degradation through unwanted touching, gripping and rubbing of the intimate areas of his body.”
Both DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and TSA chief John Pistole are named in the suit.
It will be interesting to see what happens.
(Frank II)
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