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Old Dec 28, 2009 | 11:54 am
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Originally Posted by TSORon
Give it time. There was a movement to ban the things, now there is a movement to deploy more of them. Like I said, it will be a quiet demise.
Kind of a strange way to let it die quietly –

Chaffetz sticks by image-screening ban after terrorist attempt

Washington » Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Sunday defended his legislation to ban primary screening of airline passengers with whole-body imaging machines just days after a Nigerian man apparently attempted to blow up a flight landing in Detroit with chemicals he smuggled on board.

Chaffetz, R-Utah, pushed legislation through the House earlier this year that would prohibit U.S. airport screeners from using imaging machines which can peer through clothes to detect weapons or explosives. Former and current government officials said Sunday that such devices may aid in thwarting the ability of terrorists to bring aboard incendiary materials.

"It's a difficult balance between protecting our civil liberties and protecting the safety of people on airplanes," Chaffetz said Sunday. But, "I believe there's technology out there that can identify bomb-type materials without necessarily, overly invading our privacy."
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