Visual representation
of the evolution of TSA policies as described by TSA officials.
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If you thought you could escape
AIT, which many civil rights
organizations have called a "virtual strip search", you would be
mistaken. TSA is phasing out metal detectors at U.S. airports, leaving
passengers with only one option outside AIT, a rigorous "prison style
pat-down".
ACLU Legislative Counsel Chris
Calabrese
told USA Today:
"Are we giving people two intolerable actions at airports? They can be
virtually strip-searched or endure a really
aggressive grope? (emphasis added)." We are being given a false
choice, and hence, no choice at all. TSA has spent billions in rolling out
AIT and they will use extreme pat-downs as a way of coercing the public into
conformity . . . into using AIT exclusively.
While we are waiting for TSA to
release a complete written statement of their policies, UNITED SIKHS has
drafted a chart which graphs the evolution of TSA policies since 9/11 based
on what TSA officials have told us, making it easier for the Sikh community
and the general public to simply visualize how TSA's policies have gradually
"stripped" passengers, specifically Sikh passengers, of their dignity,
modesty, and privacy. Please see our
recent joint letter with
other Sikh organizations to TSA Administrator Mr. John S. Pistole
for more detail.
If you have experienced
discrimination during air travel,
REPORT YOUR EXPERIENCE
to UNITED SIKHS.
To see our joint community
advisory, please click here:
http://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/PRSRLS-05-11-2010-00.html
Issued by:
Hansdeep Singh
Senior Staff Attorney
1-888-243-1690
law-usa@unitedsikhs.org
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