Sponsored by: American Civil Liberties Union
Traveling shouldn't mean checking your rights when you're checking your luggage. Yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to ask Americans to sacrifice more and more of their privacy for an illusion of security.
Among the DHS' offenses are:
1. Security agents who search laptops and other electronics as Americans enter the United States, with no suspicion of wrongdoing.
2. Invasive airport scanners that let agents conduct virtual strip searches of passengers.
3. A terrorist watch list with more than 1 million names on it, growing by 20,000 names per month.
4. A proposal to have every traveler wear an "electro-muscular disruption" bracelet that airline personnel or marshals could use to shock passengers into submission.
These policies are invasive, abusive and ineffective. It's time for some sanity when it comes to security. Tell Congress we need humane, effective reforms that will keep us safe while protecting citizens' dignity.
Signature goal: 10,000
Current signatures: 3,294
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