Originally Posted by yandosan (Post 31040654)

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.

Originally Posted by rickg523 (Post 31040669)

Boondoggle? Wanna bet a former DHS executive is a principal in the company awarded the graft contact?

Originally Posted by rickg523 (Post 31040624)

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

Originally Posted by Boggie Dog (Post 31041117)

Thruvision Begins US Manufacturing to Meet Growing Demand for Stand-Off People Screening Security Solution



Someone in government is buying!

Originally Posted by nachtnebel (Post 31050180)

A case of Deja Vu all over again. These people certainly have a fixation for peering through our clothing. I wonder why they think this will be accepted any more than the nude scanners were.

Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much (Post 31036076)

This will result in a field day for the TSA "accidentally" finding drugs.

Originally Posted by downinit (Post 31037363)

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.

Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel (Post 31050987)

Yup. It certainly looks to me like TSA is far more focused on drugs than terrorists.



Seconded. I don't care what it sees. However, I do care if this is yet another attempt to skirt the 4th amendment.

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A full-body scanner that the Transportation Security Administration hopes can speed up airport security checkpoints must go back to the drawing board for software to protect the privacy of travelers being scanned.

The scanner, built by British firm Thruvision, was promoted as being able to simultaneously screen multiple airport passengers from a distance of up to 25 feet away. The TSA began trying out the device last year at an Arlington, Va., testing facility before planning to use it on a trial basis at U.S. airports.

But now the federal agency is requiring the scanner to add a “privacy filter” before the TSA can test the scanner “in a live environment,” according to a TSA document.

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Originally Posted by TWA884 (Post 31052296)

In the Los Angeles Times:

Originally Posted by chollie (Post 31052402)

I object to a further senseless violation of my rights, but even more, I object because no matter how revealing this scanner is, I have no doubt there will still be a high rate of 'anomalies' needing invasive hands-on resolution.

I hope I live long enough to see the US adopt the hands-off security practices the rest of the world successfully employs.