George v. TSA
Pomona College student Nick George was on his way back to school in California in August 2009 when he was abusively interrogated, handcuffed and detained for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport because of a set of English-Arabic flashcards he was carrying in connection with his college language studies.
During screening at an airport security screening point, George was prompted by Transportation Security Authority (TSA) agents to empty his pockets. After George produced a set of English-Arabic flashcards, which each had an English word on one side and the corresponding Arabic word on the other, TSA, FBI and Philadelphia police officials proceeded to detain and interrogate him for several hours.
The ACLU and the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on behalf of George in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on February 10, 2010, charging that his treatment violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights.
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