March 13 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California filed a lawsuit Monday against the Transportation Security Administration to find out how the agency decides when to search passengers' electronic devices.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, the lawsuit seeks records from the TSA field office in San Francisco and the TSA headquarters in Arlington, Va.pertaining to "policies, procedures, or protocols regarding the search of passengers' electronic devices; equipment used to search, examine, or extract data from passengers' devices; and training of the officers conducting the screenings and searches of electronic devices."