New TSA screening system in development "sees" too much
Apr 25, 2019, 3:49 pm
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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.
Apr 25, 2019, 3:53 pm
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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.
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.
Apr 25, 2019, 5:02 pm
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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 [sic] 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.
Apr 25, 2019, 5:05 pm
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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.
Apr 25, 2019, 5:38 pm
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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.
Apr 25, 2019, 5:51 pm
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good luck fighting your position. Having said that this new technology and what is being written about it is pure BS. It will be dumbed down as needed. Then again If you polled the families of the 9/11 planes they would gladly tell you they would rather have some odd pictures out there I return for their lost ones.
These machines would not have prevented 9/11 since the terrorist carried no prohibited items.
Apr 25, 2019, 6:04 pm
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good luck fighting your position. Having said that this new technology and what is being written about it is pure BS. It will be dumbed down as needed. Then again If you polled the families of the 9/11 planes they would gladly tell you they would rather have some odd pictures out there I return for their lost ones.
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.
Apr 25, 2019, 6:13 pm
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Apr 26, 2019, 1:32 am
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