If it gets me through security faster and does not pose an increased risk of cancer, I am all for it. Not sure why everyone is so hung up about this issue. There will be millions of people passing through; if you are so 'special' that they take notice, consider it a blessing and move on with your life. The level of prudity in the USA is absolutely astounding, but then again, that why we were run out of Europe in the first place. Technically, the TSA already has the right to perform a strip search on any one at any time as it is.

:rolleyes:

Where did you come up with the idea that "the TSA has the right to perform a strip search on any one at any time"? It sounds more like the wishful thinking of some than reality as it is for the flying public.

While I will admit the US has a problem with nudity (but not violence) the reason many are hung up on it is because there is 200+ year old piece of parchment paper that says "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, ..." Wholesale peeping under the people's clothing does nothing to make people secure in their persons. Further, those who say anything for security are, in general, foolish to think that the current measures are anything but secure.

Technically, the TSA is part of the United States Government. The United States is a federalist republic. The TSA does not have rights as the United States Government does not have rights. People have rights and States have rights. The United States has powers and only those powers delegated to it by the constitution. Performing a strip search on anyone at any time is not one such power.

These machines would not have prevented 9/11 since the terrorist carried no prohibited items.

What makes anyone think that airport security screeners seeing people's "junk" in 2019 or in future years would have saved or returned the lives of people killed on 9/11? The 9/11 hijackers could have commandeered the planes on 9/11 even if the airport security screeners were to have them strip-searched for the purpose of finding prohibited items at the time.

WTMD and ETD of passengers, flight crew and airport ground workers is more than sufficient to secure flights to a reasonable extent -- all without buying more, new expensive junk and without doing de facto, remote strip-searching of the flying public, flight crew members and airport ground workers.

Once these are installed, I'll consider wearing a "prosthetic" just to see who's paying attention to what. :p

Those people who use the under-the-shirt/blouse passport/money holders may be in for some not-so-fun "fun and games". :eek:

So what would this machine find that wasn't found on 9/11?

Is that you Derek?

Cash and other stashes in bras? Sanitary napkins in panties?

That pistol in your pocket, sailor.

I've got to ask who's Derek?
I was thinking more of Dirk Diggler. Or to be specific, the Dirk Diggler :D

I'm confused. If we now (post 9/11) lock the cockpits with a deadbolt and the passengers know to physically attack any hijackers, why do we need this?
Sounds like a billion dollar boondoggle.