This lawsuit, which is meant to compel the TSA to fully respond to a Freedom of Information Act request, is related to another lawsuit (Alasaad v. Duke) brought by the ACLU to better understand such searches that happen when Americans return home from abroad.
“The federal government’s policies on searching the phones, laptops, and tablets of domestic air passengers remain shrouded in secrecy,” said Vasudha Talla, staff attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, in a Monday statement.
The advocacy group filed a FOIA request on December 20, 2017, but TSA provided no records.
Read full story here: TSA Accused Of Searching Domestic Travelers’ Devices With No Warrant | Ars Technica
