TSA says that full body scans will now be mandatory
March 18th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt ( 7 comments )
Washington DC, Mar 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Transportation Security Administration has announced that there are plans in the pipeline, to make the full body scans of passengers compulsory. Earlier there were reports that full body scans could be avoided, if the passenger was not willing, and instead that passenger could be searched by a pat down. But now the TSA has gone back on their earlier stand, and made it very clear that the full body scans are now compulsory.
In early March the TSA had announced that if the passenger didn’t want to suffer the humiliation of a full body scan, then they could be searched by a thorough pat down, which might also include a cheek swab test, to examine for traces of explosives.
As a precautionary measure in early January, the TSA had also banned passenger communications on all flights entering the United States from foreign countries. Air-borne passengers are also required to remain in their seats for up to an hour or more before landing. The new restrictions followed requests from airline operators to give more power to aircrews more effectively against the risk of a terrorist attempt while airborne.
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- US female passenger subjected to pat down 'because of sanitary towel' - Nov 27, 2010
- Full-body scanner row: US denies checking all travellers - Nov 23, 2010
- Full Body Scanners In Eleven Additional Airports - Mar 06, 2010
- Jesse Ventura sues TSA for invasive pat-downs and body scans - Jan 26, 2011
- SNL Skit Rips Into TSA Procedures - Nov 23, 2010
- Barack Obama Asserts That The TSA's Pat-Downs Are Invasive But Necessary To Attain Security - Nov 21, 2010
- Airport Security tightened in 14 countries - Jan 05, 2010
- India to protest envoy's 'pat down', US says diplomats not exempt (Night Lead) - Dec 09, 2010
- US seeking privacy-security balance over airport security: Robert Gibbs - Nov 23, 2010
- Humorist Dave Barry Describes TSA Pat Down - Nov 18, 2010
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March 18th, 2010 at 2:43 am
Who do we contact to stop this foolishness? Since when does an agency dictate the public’s right to privacy. If it was against my religion to be photographed, this would violate my religious freedom rights also.
Just see how far this police state would go if someone were able to create explosives in the elastic of underwear.
March 18th, 2010 at 3:17 am
well there goes the 4th amendment
March 18th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Its already gone to far…..we have lost our rights!! NO MORE AMERICA!!! Very soon we will be violated in ways we could never imagine. I hope all you women and your young daughters are ready for whats to come!
March 18th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Here is a rather farsical idea for you. Everyone show up wearing a p[ait of shoes a trench coat and absolutely nothing else, line up together and when the first one steps into the scanner all drop their coat and say see we have no contraband so let us on the plane.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
On a more serious note I believe I would rather be hijacked and blown up than go thru the privacy invading loss of freedom that you now have to go thru to fly.
If you believe the images cannot be recorded but will automaticly be erased I have some ocean front beach property in the middle of Kansas to sell you. They have to be able to keep recordings of the scans in case they are needed for evidence at a later time.
The best answer to security at our airports is dogs. Use dogs trained to detect explosives, drugs, etc. and require EVERY person be checked by the dogs. If you refuse to be checked you do not fly. If the dog “hits” that person is taken aside for a more extensive search. Not only would this be more effective than the scanners which will be subject to breakdowns it will be more cost effective.
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:59 am
Just look at what the terrorists have done to us. This looks like nazi Germany. Simply awful, I choose not to fly than to parade naked for an agency.
March 23rd, 2010 at 11:28 pm
sorry to report, the terrorists have won.
They wanted to restrict our freedoms and they’ve accomplished that, without even actually doing anything (9/11 was the last significant attack on US interests).
Now terrorists can just say “boo” and we’ll give up the other amendments too. They don’t need bombs or underwear.
Soon “boo” will be a restricted term that you can’t use in an airport.