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Showing Original Post only (View all)TSA has pulled the plug on the "naked body" scanners. [View all]
They will be removed from all US airports:
...Congress had asked the scanner manufacturer to find a way to produce more generic passenger images, but after failing to meet the Congressional timeline, the company terminated its government contract, a TSA administrator told Bloomberg.
The TSA had already started removing the scanners from 76 major airports last year; it now says it will get rid of the remaining 174 machines...
The TSA had already started removing the scanners from 76 major airports last year; it now says it will get rid of the remaining 174 machines...
http://www.businessinsider.com/tsa-will-remove-its-controversial-nude-body-scanners-from-all-us-airports-2013-1
Good bye. Good riddance.
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good. i can start flying again. my inlaws will be so pleased.... shit, there goes one excuse. nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#6
I always go for the pat down. Not because I get off on it or anything. DAMN! BNow I've said too much
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#12
You know that a TSA dude here at O'Hare asked why I chose the pat down instead of the scanner.
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#24
Ha! Good one. I'll remember that if it happens again. I'm selected for the RapeyScan about 98% of
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#30
does that mean I dont have stand in that machine with my hands on my head anymore?
srican69
Jan 2013
#13