Re:The DHS's latest airport security device: Terahertz laser...
by einhverfr on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @10:25AM
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Now this poses all sorts of new issues.
The 4th Amendment issues are quite interesting to consider. This is programmable meaning it can search for specific substances right?
Does this mean that the use of this device to find drugs will be an impermissible search under the test Alito articulated for the 3rd Circuit? It seems that this is a very promising way to get the bodyscanners challenged in court as needlessly intrusive, and force these to only look for explosives.
The 4th Amendment issues are quite interesting to consider. This is programmable meaning it can search for specific substances right?
Does this mean that the use of this device to find drugs will be an impermissible search under the test Alito articulated for the 3rd Circuit? It seems that this is a very promising way to get the bodyscanners challenged in court as needlessly intrusive, and force these to only look for explosives.