Posted on 02/22/2012 4:54:02 PM PST by Army Air Corps
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - The Transportation Security Administration unveiled new, less-invasive scanners last month, promising to keep up security while protecting passenger privacy.
The new software used Automated Target Recognition technology to focus on the detection of unusual objects without showing a detailed image of the bodies being scanned.
Now, less than a month later, the scanners are no longer working. The Aviation Director for the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport says they suffered water damage after a nearby air conditioning unit leaked on them.
The TSA is currently determining whether to fix the scanners or to replace them entirely. Until they do, they've gone back to the old method of screening passengers.
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All grope all the time now.
In some fields of endeavour, that costs extra....
I was there last week....they had twenty TSA guards in a small airport...it was slower than ever
Twenty at the passenger entry and processing point? I didn’t think you could fit that many agents in that area.
Sick of this crap. Sick of reading about it, sick of knowing it exists.
Doesn't affect me because I quit flying commercially about 1992 and will likely never do it again.
You folks who want to keep putting up with this crap-enjoy your Gulag.
Yeah, you go old man.
F*** the rest of us who have to fly for a living, to see our families, to see our relatives overseas, etc.
Just as well. I was getting weary of the fatties getting all overheated when I went through the see-through Big-Sis scanners.
If you don’t like it, hit up your elected representatives. Don’t hold your breath though, they don’t really care about the traveling public.
I sympathize.
Given the chance, I would take a leak on them.
This is just freakin’ un-believeable! What does TSA stand for anyway? Total Stupid A**es?
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