Airport Screeners get X-Ray Vision [Photo]

Yahoo [Reuters] ^ | 14 March 2002

[Thinkin' Gal]

A test scan of is shown during a demonstration of new screening devices at the Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida March 14, 2002. The screen shows a scan from the Secure 1000, a low-energy full body x-ray scan. Airport spokesperson Carolyn Fennell said the devices should be in use for passengers on a voluntary basis in several days. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

[TADSLOS]

I think he's carrying a weapon between his legs.

[fix]

I think that might be just a bit intrusive...

[cmsgop]

"THE SHROUD OF TED KENNEDY"

[Fred Mertz]

Geez, I better go to the gymnasium before I get on my next flight. Oh, and remind me to carry along a fresh banana too!

[LibertyGirl77]

What, and if we don't 'volunteer,' we are considered higher-risk and therefore deserving of 'special' attention? I don't think so. How do we stop this? I don't want some pervert checking out my breasts! Will the machines only be operated by same-sex personnel? Is this a joke?

[chainsaw]

How much cellular damage is caused by an x-ray. No one can tell you because it has never been determined if 30 years down the road the accumulation of x-radiation over the years will cause a cellular change.

Count me out of this mess.

[js1138]

This is my rifle,
This is my gun
This one's for firing
This one's for fun.

Ft. Benning chant

Careful what you call a weapon.

[Lumberjack]

Welcome to the 21st Century America, where your government presumes the right to do this to you.

How disgusting. Once installed there will be no "volunteers". Enjoy your police state America, you've earned it.

[RoughDobermann]

LMAO! I think you're probably giving Teddy too much credit!

[freeeee]

One more reason not to give the airlines a red cent of your money.

[ScreamingFist]

Don't sweat it, we're all SAFE now. /sarcasm

[RoughDobermann]

No one forces you to fly, you know... But, I do understand what you mean.

[Clara Lou]

Gotta have a cast-iron stomach to be an airport screener, I'd say.

[Jefferson Adams]

If you don't have anything to hide, this shouldn't bother you.

Let's Roll.

< /baaa aaa aaaa >

[ArrogantBustard]

No, it's not a joke. They're dead serious. And if the King's Men want to check out your ta-tas (or anything else) you will submit, peasant. And you will like it. Remember, you're either submitting to anything and everyinthing the King's Government want's to do to you, or you're with the terrorists. < /sarcasm >

AB

[TADSLOS]

Hey, if the cops think it's one and kill a guy for displaying it, who are we to argue?

[Jefferson Adams]

I don't want some pervert checking out my breasts!

As long as your breasts aren't supporting terrorists (or would that be your *bra* supporting terrorists?), what are you afraid of? It's for the good of the Fatherland, uh, I mean America.

SIG ROLL!!!

[Lumberjack]

The right to travel is part and parcel to the Right of Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. The airlines are private companies, I am a private individual. The government is sticking its nose in a place it has no business in, nor Constitutional authority to stick it in.

I fly with a PPL. Screw this stuff. Wait till it shows up at train, bus and car rental stations around the nation.

[chainsaw]

Is this a joke?

It's no joke.

But I'll tell you what LibertyG, you come to my machine and I promise I'll close my eyes and won't look.