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thezipper Oct 18, 2006 3:55 pm

as I was going through security a week ago in NRT and waiting for my bag to go through the x-ray ... I saw the "liquid check machine" they use and wanted so badly to take a picture of it to send to our friend Kip with this little note... "This is what you need dingleberry... they are out there, being used, go get some instead of wasting our time with all these hassles"


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Originally Posted by dw8146
From USA Today:

I find the above statement terribly misleading. The DHS has already admitted that x-ray's can't detect explosives, so making the statement that these new machines "are better at spotting liquid explosives" is completely false.

So where's the ROI using enhanced (i.e. more expensive) x-ray machines to see an object better, but still not be able to tell if it's an explosive? Why bother? :confused:

Edited to add:
Just found this interesting quote in a Washington Post article from September:

Geesh, what an idiot! :td: :td: :td:


Spiff Oct 18, 2006 4:02 pm

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Originally Posted by thezipper
as I was going through security a week ago in NRT and waiting for my bag to go through the x-ray ... I saw the "liquid check machine" they use and wanted so badly to take a picture of it to send to our friend Kip with this little note... "This is what you need dingleberry... they are out there, being used, go get some instead of wasting our time with all these hassles"

Perhaps someone could staple such a picture to Idiot Hawley's forehead? Maybe he'll figure it out that way.

Superguy Oct 18, 2006 5:19 pm

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Originally Posted by Spiff
Perhaps someone could staple such a picture to Idiot Hawley's forehead? Maybe he'll figure it out that way.

You have too much faith in him. He'll never see it on his forehead.


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