Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson sent Transportation Security Administration Director John Pistole a letter on Friday expressing concern that the TSA did not review privacy and civil liberty concerns before implementing the new “gate rape” procedures at airports. The letter demands additional information on the pat-downs and calls on Pistole to reconsider them.
House Committee on Homeland Security Expressed Concerns about “Gate Rape” on September 22 |
| By: emptywheel Saturday November 20, 2010 5:08 am |


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