Capt.Slog 0 #1 February 18, 2009 WASHINGTON - For the first time, some airline passengers will skip metal detectors and instead be screened by body scanning machines that look through clothing for hidden weapons, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday. An experimental program that begins today at Tulsa International Airport will test whether the $170,000 body scanners could replace $10,000 metal detectors that have screened airline passengers since 1973. Airports in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami, Albuquerque and Salt Lake City will join the test in the next two months, TSA spokesman Christopher White said. The scanners aim to close a loophole by finding non-metallic weapons such as plastic and liquid explosives, which the TSA considers a major threat. The machines raise privacy concerns because their images reveal outlines of private body parts. "We're getting closer and closer to a required strip-search to board an airplane," said Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union. Privacy advocate Melissa Ngo fears that passengers won't understand that the scanners take vivid images that screeners view. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #2 February 18, 2009 http://futurecam.com/pdf/Airport%20X-Ray%20Sketch.pdfquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 February 18, 2009 I think we would just all be safer if everyone flew nekkid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #4 February 18, 2009 QuoteI think we would just all be safer if everyone flew nekkid No, because I'm pretty sure I'd stub my toe quite a bit while trying desperately to avert my eyes. Seriously, the average person is not very pretty naked.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #5 February 18, 2009 QuoteQuoteI think we would just all be safer if everyone flew nekkid No, because I'm pretty sure I'd stub my toe quite a bit while trying desperately to avert my eyes. Seriously, the average person is not very pretty naked. So... do you want safety when you fly... it would certainly provide less chance for a hijacker to get anything aboard. It would also keep all the prude rubes at home.. or taking the train. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt.Slog 0 #6 February 18, 2009 Quote http://futurecam.com/pdf/Airport%20X-Ray%20Sketch.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #7 February 18, 2009 Yeah thats what they had in Total Recall. Of course when they scan me they will be nudging their co-worker saying...oh my look how huge his penis is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryzflies 0 #8 February 18, 2009 Quote Yeah thats what they had in Total Recall. Of course when they scan me they will be nudging their co-worker saying...oh my look how huge his penis is! I wonder how much you have to pay to get a job working the scanner. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #9 February 18, 2009 Quote I wonder how much you have to pay to get a job working the scanner. I wonder if the health insurance is going to pay for the psychological treatment you'll need afterwards.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 8 #10 February 19, 2009 For the most part the TSA is enjoying the benefits of paranoia induced by terrorism and an inflating budget. I'm not an expert on the TSA, and I'm sure most of you aren't either, but who is responsible for maintaining the checks and balances with them? If they decided that anal probes were the only thing to keep Americans safe and all airline passengers had to wear shock collars/bracelets, who monitors this shit?=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayneflorida 0 #11 February 19, 2009 who monitors this shit? Congress They don't have to do that anal probe thing though. The more I think about it they are the anal probe! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 8 #12 February 19, 2009 Quote Congress They don't have to do that anal probe thing though. The more I think about it they are the anal probe! WTF does congress care if every American get's a cold metal rod shoved up their ass? As we already discussed in another forum, don't they get private or airforce planes to fly on anyways!?!? =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
