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Old November 5th, 2011, 01:12 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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Default Judge tosses Jesse Ventura's airport scans lawsuit

I wrote:

U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson ruled Thursday that the
court lacked jurisdiction.


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http://news.yahoo.com/ventura-miffed...174718110.html

Ventura, miffed by court, says he's off to Mexico

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is so
upset by the dismissal of his airport security lawsuit that he
threatened Friday to apply for dual citizenship so he can spend more
time in his beloved Mexico — or run for president of what he labeled
"the Fascist States of America."

Ventura, also a former wrestling star, sued the U.S. government in
January, alleging that airport scans and pat-downs amounted to
unreasonable search and seizure. A district judge threw out his lawsuit
Thursday, ruling it should have been filed in a Circuit Court of
Appeals.

Ventura has said a titanium hip implanted in him in 2008 sets off metal
detectors and that agents previously used hand-held wands to scan his
body. He said he was subjected to a body pat-down after an airport metal
detector went off last November. Ventura said he hasn't flown since and
won't fly commercially again.

Outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, with a crew from his
"Conspiracy Theory" cable TV show filming, Ventura said he hadn't
decided whether to continue pressing his lawsuit. He said he wanted to
make his case before a jury, not a panel of judges.

Ventura, a political independent who served one term as governor, teased
that he might have to run for president to change the policy and a court
system he regards as broken.

Moments later, he vowed to apply for Mexican citizenship so he can live
there more months of the year.

The former Navy SEAL said he had lost his patriotism.

"I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and
I will raise a fist," he said.