Originally Posted by
LEX-LGA Commuter
Then please explain why law enforcement agencies routinely track credit/debit card usage as a means to find criminals. There is nothing illegal about buying dinner, groceries, whatever, either.
Why is an airport apparently scared ground, but a restaurant is not? Better still, what about an ATM machine? Hell, it's their money from their bank.
My reply was limited to a response concerning domestic airline travel and airline/airport activities in relation to warrant checks being performed. How you take that from an airport being sacred to a restaurant not being in the same category is beyond me.
IMO, warrantless searches of credit/debit card usage is a violation of the 4th Amendment, regardless of location. My mere presence in the world, or use of a credit card for purchases, does not grant the authority for a LEO to perform an NCIC check without the presence of a warrant.