Air travelers face more baggage searches

Hundreds of explosives-detection systems the federal government says are needed to screen passengers' baggage won't be delivered to the nation's airports in time to meet a year-end deadline - raising the likelihood of more time-consuming hand-searches of luggage this winter.

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) made the disclosure today during a news conference at O'Hare International Airport to talk about new federal screeners who will be taking up positions at midnight inside the International Terminal.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...i%2Dnews%2Dhed

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Really?


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Also, the verdict is in-

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling upholds random airport searches:

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/A5C3D923281FFB7D 88256C0D00814D19/$file/0155319.pdf?openelement

[This message has been edited by doc (edited 08-08-2002).]