TSA ends naked airport scanners contract after years of controversy

Russia Today ^ | 1-18-13 | Unknown

[Veggie Todd]

The US Transport and Security Administration (TSA) will remove all 174 of OSI Systems Inc. (OSIS)’s Rapiscan body scanners from airports, following serious concerns over their inability to protect the privacy of passengers.

[Veggie Todd]

About time!!!

[grobdriver]

Yes, but - replace them with what?

[Still Thinking]

Yes, but - replace them with what?

Body cavity search with Uncle Friendly wearing latex gloves. They promise not to take pictures and the public is expected to view the new procedure as less intrusive on their privacy.

[grobdriver]

The TSA has been using two companies to conduct the searches, outsourcing to both Rapiscan and L-3 Communications Holdings to produce the machines. While the Rapiscan machines have been utilizing weak X-rays to create what appears to be a naked image of the subject, the machines of L-3 Communications Holdings use radio waves to depict concealed objects on an avatar image on a screen, and will continue to be used by the TSA.
The Rapiscan machines will be replaced by 60 units supplied by L-3.

[cuban leaf]

Until this last year, I used to fly a LOT. I can say I NEVER stepped into one of those but I was frisked a lot. I would like to think that there were enough people like me that caused this action.

People need to do the same at “sobriety checkpoints” and refuse to answer ANY questions, no matter how innaucuous. Your time has value. The state disrespects your time and you when they stop you on a fishing expedition to see if you are doing something wrong. I refuse to stand for it.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”

[Travis McGee]

Not so great. Now, it will just be the blue-glove handjob.

[knittnmom]

YES!!

[SampleMan]

Yes, but - replace them with what?

Cavity searches.

[austinaero]

I would love to see a class action lawsuit against the TRA on behalf of all travelers that passed thru those scanners over the years!

[MWS]

The TSA is going to get rid of the naked scanners. That’s great.

My question, though, is... when are we going to get rid of the TSA?

[austinaero]

TSA,,not TRA. A class action suit against the TSA since there were warnings from the beginning these things may not be safe.

[elpinta]

Yeah, I used to have a lot of company when I opted out, now I usually just stand alone: people have been conditioned!

[Diogenesis]

The Congressmen who invested in this company
already made their profit.

Time to have TSA but their next companies’ products.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think the EU had determined they presented an unsafe radiation risk and removed them. Only a matter of time until that got admitted by some trial judge over here.

{this lamppost reserved for Michael Chertoff}

[COBOL2Java]

Body cavity search with Uncle Friendly wearing [used] latex gloves.

You forgot a word. Has anyone ever seen them routinely change gloves between passengers?

[Venturer]

Yes: A lot of people got rich off this boondoggle.

What will they do with these machines now ?
Money down the tubes. Like so many Obama projects.

[hummingbird]

"The TSA is going to get rid of the naked scanners. That’s great."

But will I get my scan back? I'm scheduled for a MRI and could maybe save money and tine by using the airport scan./sarc

[cuban leaf]

people have been conditioned!

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Sadly, that includes us. Proof? How do you think our founding fathers would respond to the stuff you and I put up with from our government?

[Resettozero]

TSA ends naked airport scanners contract after years of controversy

Well, they'll just have to find jobs elsewhere, maybe as exotic dancers in strip joints.

[444Flyer]

You forgot a word. Has anyone ever seen them routinely change gloves between passengers?

I'd bet their gloves are crawling with microbes. They should do one of those testings they love to do on hotel rooms etc.. Where they would take a TSA glove and run it under a microscope.

Flew=Flu