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Shocker! TSA's nude scans would miss taped-on bombs
WND ^ | NOVEMBER 28, 2010 | Jerome R. Corsi

Posted on 11/29/2010 6:28:04 PM PST by RobinMasters

A new peer-reviewed scientific study says the backscatter full-body imaging X-ray machines being used by the federal Transportation Security Administration could be fooled by terrorists who simply would mold explosives to conform to their bodies.

WND obtained an advance copy of the report, titled "An evaluation of airport X-ray backscatter units based on image characteristics," in which University of California scientists Leon Kaufman and Joseph Carlson demonstrated that packages of explosives contoured to the body or worn along the sides likely would not be detected by TSA X-ray units built to "see" hard edges and anatomical features, and used primarily to image the front and back of the body.

The article comes from Dr. David Brenner of Columbia's Center for Radiological Research, whose research includes estimating the risks of low dose X-ray exposures.

WND previously reported that Brennan has cautioned that it is "quite likely" that radiation from screening machines being installed nationwide by the TSA to use on airline passengers will cause cancer, especially among high-risk groups that include frequent fliers and children.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


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To: bigbob
We already know that it misses items in body cavities. That might include anything trapped between large layers of body fat (which has been used to smuggle in items to jail). This report means it would also miss items form molded. OK, we can just switch to profiling since none of the high-tech will stop low tech methods of smuggling on a bomb.

And that's assuming they don't Fedex or UPS it.

21 posted on 11/29/2010 7:58:16 PM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" - on amazon.com)
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To: RobinMasters

Thanks for the posting
Knew that all along, but missed WND posting and will link this source to my posting on this subject; 5 Questions 2011 Congress Must Ask TSA http;//www.theusmat.com/


22 posted on 11/29/2010 8:03:27 PM PST by mosesdapoet ("To punish a province Let it be ruled by a professor " Frederick The Great paraphrased)
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To: RobinMasters
Privatize airport security and stupid incompetency along with unconstitutional groping will be a thing of the past. Get the government out of the business.
23 posted on 11/29/2010 8:03:56 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: RobinMasters
Privatize airport security and stupid incompetency along with unconstitutional groping will be a thing of the past. Get the government out of the business.
24 posted on 11/29/2010 8:05:34 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: Syntyr
Tape a box cutter to the bottom of your feet...

Hijacking a plane with a box cutter was a one shot deal. If they tried it again today, they'd be a slick spot in the aisle by the time the plane landed.

25 posted on 11/29/2010 8:10:38 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: mosesdapoet

Correction link is http:www.theusmat.com/


26 posted on 11/29/2010 8:30:47 PM PST by mosesdapoet ("To punish a province Let it be ruled by a professor " Frederick The Great paraphrased)
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To: mosesdapoet

Correction link is http://www.theusmat.com/


27 posted on 11/29/2010 8:33:35 PM PST by mosesdapoet ("To punish a province Let it be ruled by a professor " Frederick The Great paraphrased)
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To: bigbob

’ve wondered how long it will be before bad guys create a bomb that in the shape of (ahem) an anatomical body part...
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HAHAHA!!!!!!!! a 10 inch penis made of C4.


28 posted on 11/29/2010 9:15:16 PM PST by photodawg
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To: RobinMasters
I'm not familiar with the plastic explosives, but, AFAIDK, they are all nitrogen compounds. I Do know (from personal experience in cardiac ICU, that nitroglycerine (from "patches") is readily absorbed through the skin -- and, when that happens, it gives you a crippling headache. In fact they also administered morphine to dull the nitro headache.

It would seem that anyone stupid enough to mold a nitro explosive to H/H body should be recognizable by evidence of either severe pain or drug stupor...

29 posted on 11/29/2010 9:42:44 PM PST by TXnMA (You don't have to be a California Condor expert to recognize a mockingbird when it sings...)
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To: RobinMasters; dhs12345; smokingfrog; bigbob; ViLaLuz; doc1019; Mr. K; CapnJack; SteamShovel; ...
the backscatter full-body imaging X-ray machines ... could be fooled by terrorists who simply would mold explosives to conform to their bodies.

C4 explosive plastic is very moldable

30 posted on 11/29/2010 9:43:39 PM PST by FreeKeys (The New York Slimes thinks "freedom of the press" means: It's OK to divulge national secrets.)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Privatize airport security and stupid incompetency along with unconstitutional groping will be a thing of the past. Get the government out of the business.

Amen. And make THE AIRLINES DO IT -- they have THE MOST to lose from slip-ups: Precious reputations as well as planes, crews and loyal passengers.

31 posted on 11/29/2010 9:54:37 PM PST by FreeKeys (The ONLY purposes for scanning EVERYone is to make civilians cowards & politicians rich & powerful..)
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To: RobinMasters

The TSA scanner/pat down are 100% INeffective. Why?

Terrorists already know how to bypass them.

They are completely useless, we should move to Israeli-style profiling now.

http://www.libradex.com/viewArticle.aspx?id=107


32 posted on 11/29/2010 9:57:44 PM PST by ssugasl231
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To: bigbob

Well, terrorists have ALREADY used a bomb in their rectum. Last year. To defeat a pat down.

http://www.libradex.com/viewArticle.aspx?id=107


33 posted on 11/29/2010 9:58:48 PM PST by ssugasl231
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To: ViLaLuz

Exactly! And Al Queda had a guy explode a bomb in his rectum just last year.

They clearly are able and willing to do it.

They could do it tomorrow and TSA would catch nothing.


34 posted on 11/29/2010 9:59:53 PM PST by ssugasl231
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To: TXnMA

Can’t they just wrap it in Saran Wrap?


35 posted on 11/29/2010 10:02:30 PM PST by ssugasl231
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To: ssugasl231

I still say we should just employ bomb/crotch-sniffing dogs. They’re much more efficient and cost-effective.


36 posted on 11/29/2010 10:03:28 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle

except that terrorists can spend time and seal bombs so that they don’t emit any smells.


37 posted on 11/30/2010 2:12:07 AM PST by ssugasl231
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To: BigBobber

YEah - what policy - tell that to the cancer survivor who was forced to removed her prosthetic breast a couple weeks back...


38 posted on 11/30/2010 7:18:12 AM PST by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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To: ssugasl231
except that terrorists can spend time and seal bombs so that they don’t emit any smells.

Not possible.

39 posted on 11/30/2010 7:40:35 AM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: numberonepal

I believe that it is possible to seal material that it doesn’t emit any molecules. It doesn’t last forever, but it is possible. Vacuum sealing + using special packaging.


40 posted on 11/30/2010 12:25:04 PM PST by ssugasl231
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