TSA to start going through books and magazines under new security measures – but critics claim procedure could be used to target people with foreign or religious reading material
TSA began screening books at airport checkpoints in Missouri last month
But agency unveiled more invasive procedures at airport in Sacramento, CA
Passengers are required to remove all reading material from their carry-on luggage to place in a separate bin for screeners to fan through
Officials insist agents aren’t looking at content but for items hidden inside pages
But critics are skeptical of what the process could mean for passengers carrying the Koran or documents in other languages
By HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
26 June 2017
The TSA has announced it will be going through travelers’ books and magazines in a new security screening measures – but critics are skeptical it will be used as a tool to target people carrying books of other faiths or languages.
The Transportation Security Administration began screening for paper products at airport checkpoints in Missouri last month.
But now the agency has unveiled even more invasive procedures at the airport in Sacramento, California, which requires passengers to remove all reading material and food from their carry-on luggage to place in a separate bin for screeners to fan through to see if anything is hidden inside the pages.
Officials insist that agents will not pay attention to the content of the books and reading material.
But many people on Twitter have been skeptical of the promise and have questioned how an agent would react to a passenger carrying the Koran or an Arabic language book.
Others have shared their own experiences of being taken for ‘extra screening’ after agents noticed their unusual reading material.
The American Civil Liberties Union have criticized the new protocol, saying that no one should have to reveal what they are reading.
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