Originally Posted by Bart
...However, if the intent is to argue the constitutionality of the screening process, then the credibility of the post would be more substantive, IMHO, if it stuck to the legal application of the term. It's the same difference between saying "she's dress like a prostitute" and "she's a prostitute."
You do not have to prove you are not a criminal. We are screening your property, with your consent, for prohibited items.
I was indeed arguing that the process violates the Fourth Amendment: "and the notion of personal privacy as that concept was once understood in this nation has been utterly abrogated in favor of warrantless searches without any veneer of probable cause".
As for consent, I never consented to any of this. I need to fly and am forced to put up with it.