TSA’s List of Suspicious Behaviors Is Revealed As ACLU Sues for Document

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What do airport screeners look for when they are trying to detect suspicious behavior? The suggestions are part of the TSA’s controversial behavior-detection program, Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques, which outlines suspicious actions. Although the TSA considers the list of behaviors to be confidential, it was posted online. The ACLU, which…

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Obama Administration to Ban Racial Profiling Among Federal Law Enforcement

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  In an effort to curb racial profiling, the Obama administration plans today to announce new rules for federal law enforcement, the Washington Post reports. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. wants to prevent federal officials from using gender, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity to open cases. The plan…

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Justice Department to Dramatically Expand Rules Aimed at Profiling by Federal Agents

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a move to address decades of concerns about the protection of civil rights, the Justice Department plans to expand its definition of racial profiling to alleviate discrimination by religion, nationality, gender and sexual orientation, the New York Times reports. Although the Bush administration banned racial profiling in 2003, it provided exclusions…

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ACLU Report: FBI Has No Safeguards to Protect Against Constitutional Violations

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s lack of safeguards in collecting suspicious activity leads to privacy violations as well as racial and religious profiling, the ACLU claimed in a new report, the Washington Post reports. The FBI collects so-called “suspicious activity” records using the eGuardian system, which has caused confusion among different law enforcement agencies, the…

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