I haven't seen a thread on this yet, so I'm sorry if this is a repost.

I was reading a CNN article regarding the guy refusing to give consent to the NoS or the Grope-and-feel and saw an interesting line in the article:

But anyone who refuses to complete the screening process will be denied access to airport secure areas and could be subject to civil penalties, the administration said, citing a federal appeals court ruling in support of the rule.

The ruling, from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, says that "requiring that a potential passenger be allowed to revoke consent to an ongoing airport security search makes little sense in a post-9/11 world. Such a rule would afford terrorists multiple opportunities to attempt to penetrate airport security by 'electing not to fly' on the cusp of detection until a vulnerable portal is found."

Original article here.

Are they actually claiming we have no rights to decide what's ok for the TSA to do to us after we put the bags down on the x-ray? That's a bit much even for the TSA. Seems like they're coming up with yet another rule for CYA after getting caught doing something against protocol.