Originally Posted by
TSORon
Oh get over it. Nothing detects explosives. All the technology does is detect elements that are commonly used in explosives, not the explosives themselves. ETD, ETP, WBI, MMW, none of it works without human assistance and intervention.
ETP and ETD only say that yes these elements are present. The actual detection of the explosives is done by the screeners.
WBI and MMW only give a picture of hidden items. Its screeners who decide if those items are hazardous or prohibited.
They all do exactly what they are designed to do, and they do it well. It’s the screeners who actually do the work of determining what is questionable, prohibited, or hazardous.
Even if I accepted your premise that images and chemical detection are equally dependent on human intervention to be effective, why would your organization prefer the methods that are disgusting and morally unacceptable for many of us, versus the methods that are not objectionable?
Have you seen the terrorist´s underwear? Unless WBI has the resolution necessary to, say, show the contours of you pubic hairs, there is no way it could have differentiated between underwear bomb and a maxipad, adult diaper, or any number of intimate necessities you do not need to know about. How do you expect to "resolve" such situations when using the WBI? Physical inspection of pads used by menstruating women? I can tell you ahead of time that will backfire very quickly.