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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by msit
Is this strange? Since the TSA implemented body scanners I have flown more than 25 segments to mostly major cities such as JFK, and SFO and Ihavenever been through a body scanner or parsley.Multiple times at JFK and Ft Lauderdale, and once at DCA they have turned it off just one or two people away from me.

Now I'm not complaining but this doesn't seem like very effective use of very expensive technology.

- Mike from seatrate.blogspot.com
The scanners, like substantially everything else the TSA does, represent hundreds of millions of dollars wasted on security theater. You are no safer whether the machines are running or not.
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