Posted on 12/25/2013 6:51:58 PM PST by rickmichaels
Federal agents who detained a college student after an airport screener found him carrying Arabic-English flashcards with such words as “bomb” and “terrorist” cannot be sued for their actions, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday.
Reversing a lower court ruling, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said three Transportation Security Administration agents and two FBI agents were entitled to qualified immunity over Nicholas George’s five-hour detention at Philadelphia International Airport on Aug. 29, 2009.
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For once, I support the TSA.
At airports....always say chapstick...never say lip balm.
Mac daddy will have holder sent to defend this moron.
Yes this guy needs to be watched.
The TSA put way too much effort on the wrong people.
Perhaps someone can explain to me why an Islamist would need a translation of the word terrorist. They don’t believe they are terrorists and would not use that word. Thousands of military personnel learn Arabic too. It just boggles my mind that “terrorist” is a trigger word for the TSA.
I don't. Flashcards for an Arabic class? I hate the erosion of our freedoms. I support the Constitution.
I think he may have been looking to hit the lawsuit lottery.
This amounts to his not getting a petition to petition for redress of grievances. If, in fact, we have a right to petition for redress, sovereign immunity amounts to a significant infringement of that right.
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