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NH - Bill would put more scrutiny on airport screeners

Original Article 03/01/2011 By Lauren Collins The state of New Hampshire is considering a bill that will put more scrutiny on airport passenger screeners. If the bill passes, security agents could be charged with sexual assault. Necessary security measures, or an invasion of your privacy? "I don't like the idea of somebody touching me," says Concord, NH resident Darren Tapp. Is it a violation of your constitutional rights? "Part one article 19. Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches," quotes Rep. Dan Itse (R-Fremont), reading from the New Hampshire Constitution. A bill before New Hampshire's criminal justice committee would make "the touching or viewing with a technological device of a person's breasts or genitals by a government security agent without probable cause a sexual assault...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 02, 2011 (boomark / email).