Persuasive Essay On Airport Security

On September 11, 2001 In New York City the twin towers were hit by an Islamic group who are known as the al-Qaeda. Four planes were hijacked and flown into the twin towers. One of the planes crashed in a field located in Pennsylvania, one plane hit the Pentagon, and the other two were flown into the twin towers. Almost 3,000 people were killed. This left people speechless and scared. With this attack happening one of the most visible changes that people outside of government can see is airport security become very strict. Now when passengers go through security, they have to remove their shoes, anything that is in their pockets, belts, if you are not part of pre-check then you have to remove your jacket. Certain people may have to be taken to a screening room that is for doing a more in private search where the person they are searching has to completely take everything off and be searched. With all this going on, people feel as if their privacy is now being invaded.

What John Kleinian, Milliner, Maneli,Saline and Schwartz really focus on is x-rays. X-rays machines are now seen as an invasion of privacy because you can see a person’s genitals on the screen as well as their medical information and other confidential information; information that some citizens would rather be kept private (99). Another issue that they argued was that being searched by hand is another form of invasion of privacy. Sometimes when you get chosen randomly or you do not have your I.D TSA officials pull you aside and use their hands to search you head to toe for any weapons. People felt violated by being searched like that but were also scared that the pictures on the x-ray would be saved. America has gone a little bit too far and thought that this was a major invasion of privacy according to