Wed, Nov 17, 2010
Agency Making Good On Threat To Look At Fines Up To
$11,000
John Tyner, who (by now) famously told a TSA screener "if you
touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested," is reportedly being
investigated by the federal agency.
Sign On San Diego is reporting that the head of the TSA
office at San Diego Airport said during a Monday news conference
that the incident was under investigation. Michael Aguilar said the
civil penalties could range up to $11,000.
When asked why not the $10,000 that was mentioned in the video
recording made by Tyner last Saturday, Aguilar reportedly said
"That's the old fine. It's been increased."
Tyner's story has obviously touched a nerve with those who are
very concerned about privacy issues stemming from the use of
backscatter body scanners and "enhanced" pat-down procedures
recently put in place by TSA. During the news conference, Aguilar
said that Tyner was not facing anything more than the standard
pat-down. (But that is not the impression one gets from listening
to the audio on Tyner's blog post, ed.)
Aguilar said that, once a person enters the security area, they
have a "legal obligation" to allow the process to go to completion.
He also said that the more aggressive pat-down was not designed to
encourage more people to submit to the scan.
He did caution people about staging a protest against the
scanners on "National Opt-Out Day." He called the effort to
encourage people to forgo the use of the device that is "in place
specifically to protect the public." 'really irresponsible'."
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