Today in Portland, Ore., I will be in a federal appeals court asking a three-judge panel to reinstate the ACLU's lawsuit challenging the government's secretive ... Read More
By Chandra Bhatnagar, Senior Staff Attorney, Human Rights Program at 5:43pm
In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character finds himself repeating the same miserable day over and over again. For Indian film star Shahrukh Khan, ... Read More
By Sandra Fulton, Washington Legislative Office at 10:18am
Monday's House hearing on TSA security measures examined whether airport security measures have been truly effective at preventing terrorism, or just create an ... Read More
By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 7:02pm
The Los Angeles Times today reports on the TSA’s VIPR program, in which roving teams of security agents bring the joys of the airport security experience into ... Read More
Each year, millions of Americans travel for the holidays. But you shouldn’t have to check your rights when you check your luggage or cross the border.
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I think most people would agree that little kids shouldn't be subjected to pat-downs at the airport, like little Mikey Hicks was last year. Well, it's happened again. Read More
By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 5:27pm
Does your government trust you? You may find out. The TSA wants to resurrect "airline passenger profiling" schemes from the Bush era, which would gather ... Read More
We have been hearing (and repeating ourselves) that you have options when you go the airport. That is, if you're pulled aside for secondary screening, you have a ... Read More
Today, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a new report (PDF), and really, the title says it all. Called ... Read More
