Originally Posted by
BubbaLoop
The currently used ETD equipment/protocol obviously has problems, and these should be addressed. Glycerin and nitroglycerin, for example, are very distinct molecules from a physico-chemical standpoint, and there are straightforward spectroscopic approaches to distinguish them. But the truth is the methodological approach of ETD is correct, and therefore there is a solution to the false positive problem of ETDs.
Whole body imaging, on the other hand, is not "fixable", because it is the incorrect methodological approach.
agree. but the burden is on TSA to fix their d*mn implementation BEFORE subjecting people to whatever crotch/b**b massages they do in the private hut. If false positives were rare, well, nobody expects perfection in this life. But AS CURRENTLY implemented, these tests are wrong ALL the time or very close to it.