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just wanted to keep this bit...
Ann Davis, a TSA spokeswoman, insisted passengers are no less safe at airports without the full-body scanners, which she said are not necessarily more effective screening measures than metal detectors, pat-downs and behavioral profiling. Rather, she stressed, scanners are simply meant to be faster and less physically intrusive.
If passengers are in fact "no less safe" why are we wasting all this money on these machines? They certainly are not faster, Ann, and you should know that. As well, they are actually far more intrusive.
Good job on making yourself look foolish, Ann.