New Scanners That See Through Clothing Installed In US Airports


	New Scanners That See Through Clothing Installed In US Airports

jmjoness

6-11-2008 12:58 AM

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airport, security, privacy, scanners, tsa

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6-11-2008 1:13 AM

egoldstein

weird.

6-11-2008 2:23 AM

sillysam

What a crappy job that would be. Let's be honest, most of us don't look that great naked.

6-11-2008 2:25 AM

bioplasmik

invasion.of.privacy.

6-11-2008 2:32 AM

jmjoness

definitely an invasion of privacy. And I agree with silly lol... definitely not an enviable job. You can choose between this and a patdown, so that is nice.

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