Originally Posted by
Bart
I very seriously doubt TSA would replace WTMDs across the country with these whole body imagers. First of all, the expense alone in terms of purchasing the machines, hiring contractors to install them AND maintain them would be unacceptable to Congress and the public. That turd just won't flush.
The other thing is that Kane is making a public statement, and of course he's going to be enthusiastic about this new whiz-bang technology. <snip>...Given the controversy, the wise thing for TSA to do is to offer choices: pass through the whole body imager OR the traditional WTMD. I can't see TSA eliminating the WTMD as an option.<snip>...If Gale Rossides or Janet Napolitano (when she's not making other stupid statements) were to say the same thing, then perhaps it would catch my attention.
I'm sticking with Bart on this, for now. If he says the change in policy (to either MMW, or WTMD AND pat-down, with MMW the main route through security) is NOT likely to happen for all the obvious reasons (cost, pax resistance), that makes sense to me, and I will put the NY Times article down to "irrational exuberance" on the part of Kane and the reporter.
And I'll keep my fingers crossed behind my back. But the MMW operator already knew that.
