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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 3:41 am
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Originally Posted by VegasCableGuy
The makers of x-ray imaging vehicles are working hard to keep their client lists secret. However, there's been many press reports of these vehicles being sold to and used by local/state/federal LE agencies for general use in scanning the public. They typically claim they're for counter-terror/narcotic/immigration use.

However, I'm fairly certain that if used an x-ray imager against the general public, I'd be arrested for multiple counts of assault, voyeurism, and WMD/terrorism charges. Yet somehow local/federal police agencies see no moral, ethical or legal problems using these machines against anyone....
It's an F350 with a big box on the back, and we already know what they look like. Sorta hard thing to "hide", if they wanted to. It appears that the power requirements and processing units are huge (for now), so it's not like you'll see this in the back of a van. The wonders of the square of energy.

Originally Posted by AmericanSecurityTheater
Looked like this thing was at least capable of scanning through light pickup trucks in the video.
Cab or bed? I did a very-quick google search for photos before posting, and couldn't find the ones I remembered seeing. iirc, the most published photos showed people sitting in the back bed of a truck, either canvas/wood covers. If anyone find them, please post the urls. Thanks.
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