Well, at least I think it's relevant to understand the full context of what happened. Remember, TSA's job is to spot outliers, oddities, and flag them for review. I have zero love for TSA, but I think they did their job here.
There were 80 cards total. At least 10 were bizarre words that would get you arrested if you handed to a bank teller.
Guilty of not censoring? No you missed my point entirely. I am suggesting that handing these cards directly to a TSA agent will get you red flagged. Does that really surprise you? Basically Nick did everything possible to be the absolutely weirdest guy TSA saw that month. If they don't flag this, what do they flag?
Even the alleged line of questioning by the TSA officer isn't even necessarily that bad depending on how you imagine it;
Agent: "You know who did 9/11?"
Nick: "Osama bin Laden."
Agent: "Do you know what language he spoke?"
Nick: "Arabic."
[Agent: rifling through flash cards saying "Bomb", "Terrorist", "To Kidnap",
incredulous look on her face... Shrugs looking a Nick]
Agent: "Do you see why these cards are suspicious?!"
Note the last sentence in the court documents does
not start with "So". Anyway, no one in the entire case was arguing that TSA did anything wrong, just the police detention that followed.
Edit: Look, it's a really great headline, and just reading the ACLU post initially got my blood boiling. Then I read the first few pages of court documents and my opinion moderated quite a bit. So I thought the discussion would benefit from a more complete airing of the facts. Sorry if it doesn't fit the narrative!
There were 80 cards total. At least 10 were bizarre words that would get you arrested if you handed to a bank teller.
Guilty of not censoring? No you missed my point entirely. I am suggesting that handing these cards directly to a TSA agent will get you red flagged. Does that really surprise you? Basically Nick did everything possible to be the absolutely weirdest guy TSA saw that month. If they don't flag this, what do they flag?
Even the alleged line of questioning by the TSA officer isn't even necessarily that bad depending on how you imagine it;
Note the last sentence in the court documents does not start with "So". Anyway, no one in the entire case was arguing that TSA did anything wrong, just the police detention that followed.Edit: Look, it's a really great headline, and just reading the ACLU post initially got my blood boiling. Then I read the first few pages of court documents and my opinion moderated quite a bit. So I thought the discussion would benefit from a more complete airing of the facts. Sorry if it doesn't fit the narrative!