For the Little People

Tuesday 26 October 2010 - Filed under Dumbassery + War on Terror

Remember: invasive xray machines which show one’s naked body to TSA screeners is just for the little people. The New York Daily News:

Airline passengers might want to consider a trip to the gym before heading to the airport now that high-tech body scanners have been unveiled at Kennedy Airport.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday hailed them as an important breakthrough for airport security and the fight against terrorism.

Yet when it came to testing the devices – which produce chalky, naked X-ray images of passengers – she turned the floor over to some brave volunteers.

But what’s worse is that Napolitano then tried to give us the whole “TSA screeners have respect for your privacy” bullshit (which is why they want us to go through full-body xray scanners, just so we’re clear).

Going through one is optional for all travelers [though they will have to go through a full-body hand search by a TSA screener], but Napolitano hoped to ease any fears that airport staff would use them to leer at passengers.

Sure they won’t. All TSA screeners are highly educated, upstanding citizens with nothing but our safety at heart.

2010-10-26  »  madlibertarianguy