Originally Posted by brp
All vitriolic rhetoric aside, exactly why is searching someone in the name of security un-American? One can argue about the efficacy of the policy, but I haven't seen anything in your posts that demonstrates violation of the Constitution.
Cheers.
Have you ever heard of the fourth ammendment? And I quote....
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. "
Having to remove and dump my belt, shoes, watch, wallet, money clip, and spare charge in the plastic tray just to get through the metal detector with out setting it off is one thing. But then, at random, wanding me down at the gate again and going though my dirty drawers in font of everyone is plain unreasonable.
Unless of course, the main checkpoints are that ineffective
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
This is true now more than ever.