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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 4:46 am
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RichardKenner
 
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Originally Posted by janetdoe
From what I'm hearing, the crux is that the TSA must clear you before you can travel, but they refuse to clear you without conducting a warrantless search. So they put you in a position where you must either surrender your 4th Amendment rights or you cannot complete interstate travel without undue burden.
This has been discussed in numerous other threads. For some insight into the legal issues involved, I'd suggest Googling for the term "administrative search".
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