It appears that Homeland Security and Customs teach their officers that pilots have “no right to refuse a search” of their planes.
The law is such an inconvenient thing: It appears that Homeland Security and Customs both train their officers to believe that pilots have “no right to refuse a search” of their planes.
To put it another way, these agencies think that they don’t need a warrant to search the private property of pilots.
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The law is such an inconvenient thing: It appears that Homeland Security and Customs both train their officers to believe that pilots have “no right to refuse a search” of their planes.
To put it another way, these agencies think that they don’t need a warrant to search the private property of pilots.
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For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
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It seems like there has been a distaste by the federal government for general aviation since the collapse of the twin towers on 9/11, this event was not caused in any way by GA and this event went way beyond the radical islamist’s wildest dreams, it seems like the federal government is going to tear apart the constitution one letter at a time and weather its guns, aircraft, your home or your car does not matter to them, the book 1984 was quite prophetic, George Orwell would not be surprised at these events, He nailed it! There is a piece of artwork that depicts the One surrounded by many of the other presidents and he is digging his heel into the constitution as it was laying on the floor in tatters, it will take a miracle to bring back from this tyranny that we now face!
It won’t take a miracle; it will just take commitment. Americans have overcome longer odds.
“We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor,”
Philadelphia, 4 July, 1776.