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Subject: "Backscatter" Airport Screening Technology: The venerated


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Date Posted: 22:56:44 06/27/03 Fri

..."Nothing To Hide" mantra isn't just a torpedo for sinking rational discourse--any more. I refer to:
"New airport scans could expose travelers" on CNN-dot-com

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/06/26/seethru.security.ap/index.html

Offered with a tip of the hat to the lady who put her... ummm... anatomy on the line to make her point. IMHO it doesn't appear to make one look "...fat and naked." It makes one look bald, lipless and naked--and so what? Are we still pretending we didn't leave our expectations of privacy home, in exchange for the pricey privilege of flying Commercial? To H*** with "electronic fig-leaf" tech and the pretense that an electronic strip-search isn't one. This may not be as gratifying to questionably-screened "security" bullies as is confiscating the supplicants' nail-clippers and breaking things, but it's a lot more efficient.

If I had to fly Commercial to get somewhere, I believe I'd rather appear bald, lipless and naked on a video screen for a few moments than be jerked-around as if I were the guest of honor at a fragging 'Felony-stop;' possibly half a dozen times if my name happened to be some flagged name or spelled "similarly" to one. And--yes--I would rather my loved-ones appear bald, lipless and naked on a video screen a few moments than be physically jerked-around, commanded to remove garments, etc. RKBA! Have a great weekend, all.

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Re: "Backscatter" Airport Screening Technology: The veneratedKathyrn07:27:25 06/28/03 Sat


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