Posted on 11/27/2007 2:06:52 AM PST by Jemian
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. customs officers did not violate the constitutional rights of five Muslim U.S. citizens returning from Canada who were detained and subjected to searches usually reserved for suspected terrorists, a court ruled on Monday.
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower court's decision that said the searches did not invade privacy rights and were in the government's interest in preventing potential terrorists from entering the United States.
"We agree with the District Court that the government has a compelling interest in protecting against terrorism," the panel said in its decision.
The five Muslims, who had no criminal records and were not individually suspected of terrorism, said their privacy and religious rights were violated when they were questioned, patted-down, fingerprinted and held for hours in Buffalo in December 2004.
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Well, if they can search little old ladies at airports, they can search moslems at the border.
Ruck up and shut up
I’m sorry, were you addressing me?
On the other hand they could very well have been some of those 1500 AQ released on promises not to jihad within the kingdom. Better safe than sorry.
Air travel now days is a pain in the ass because of the “Religion Of Peace” and they can take their “concerns” and shove them up their Muhammad.
Forty lashes for dissing America. And a Teddybear named Mohamed.
Ahh, thank you for clarifying that. Then, yes, I can agree with his post.
I was wondering if he thought I was complaining about me being held up in an airline security check. And I hadn’t commented on anything!
A_P, courtesy ping, since we were discussing your post.
The elite of the United States are at war with it’s citizens. The government Liberals, the entertainers, the spineless judges and academia are at odds with the “flyover” people, who are the direct descendents of the Minutemen, the Colonists who took up arms to be free of European power.
God help the flyoverminetemen!
So, who hasta pay COURT COSTS and all?
Why do these people have the right to sue and we don’t? In other words, why has the government created a new victim group?
The group was represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Council for American-Islamic Relations.
Why am I not surprised?
What’s with latest whine, you can search old men and women, young children, diapher bags, pocketbooks, body search whom ever you desire, water bottles but not muslims.
Which of the above make up the vast majority of terrorists?
Seems like a no brainer to me.
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