The socialists have figured out how to prevent the collapse of social security: irradiate business fliers frequently so they die young. Business fliers mostly vote Republican anyway. The TSA monster has a vast store of blackmail material and coercion techniques to insure ever increasing funding.
http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20101116-31209.html
The units, which have been in use since September, are apparently unable to tell the difference between foreign objects and such things like pleated clothing.
The scanners use millimetre-wave technology to produce outline images of bodies, with each scan lasting less than three seconds.
While some passengers are being asked to remove thicker clothes such as jumpers, NDR reported that the devices are regularly malfunctioning due to creases in lighter clothes such as blouses and skirts.