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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 9:01 am
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Originally Posted by Travellin' Fool
What would happen if somone sued the TSA, or possibly Kip Hawly and sent them a subpeona? Can you issue a governement agency a subpeona. Aren't they bound by the same rules as everyone else?
Two words: "Governmental Immunity." As such, you can only sue the TSA after you have exhausted administrative remedies (and sometimes you may not sue at all). So you have to go through the administrative claim process.
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