Naked-Image Scanners to Be Removed From U.S. Airports

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IronWing

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saw one on ebay for $50k. dated 2005+. comes with a 17" CRT and win98.
That'll work! Set it up on the dance floor, hook it up to a giant screen overhead. You know people (read: hotties) will not be able to resist shaking their groove thangs through the scanner.
 

Slew Foot

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Im willing to bet that someone connected to some politician is getting rich of this deal
 

tcG

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Body scanners/frisking should not be a condition of travel enforced by Washington.

All airport security should be conducted by the airlines. Security would be better and at a lower cost, and the consumer would be free to choose how much risk they want to bear for themselves.
 

Engineer

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Body scanners/frisking should not be a condition of travel enforced by Washington.

All airport security should be conducted by the airlines. Security would be better and at a lower cost, and the consumer would be free to choose how much risk they want to bear for themselves.

IIRC, it was before 9/11 and then the DC boys and girls, with all of their bullsh....er...infinite wisdom decided that we need the TSA and the motherland...er....Homeland Security.

Biggest increase in size of federal government (employee wise) in history.
 

FerrelGeek

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Nudity is a simple concept until it became possible to see one naked with clothes on; it's a word invented before this was possible.

As recently as a few weeks ago I showed a person how much could actually been seen on these and they had no idea the level of detail. And even a guy at work recently when I told him these were being removed he didn't even realize he'd been in one.

I'm confident that if people were more aware of what they were the outcry would have been much stronger. Unfortunately, the apathy of the most rules, as always.

Why do you think the phrase 'low information voter' is starting to be used by some? Irrespective of political leaning, most of Americans are willfully uninformed.
 

OutHouse

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Yes they are eating the costs of the removal, not the entire costs of the machines, but the machines are still going to be used by other agencies.

what other agency would use them? Federal buildings??

lord help us.