Privacy advocates plan to call on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to suspend use of “whole-body imaging,” the airport security technology that critics say performs “a virtual strip search” and produces “naked” pictures of passengers, CNN has learned.
The national campaign, which will gather signatures from organizations and relevant professionals, is set to launch this week with the hope that it will go “viral,” said Lillie Coney, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which plans to lead the charge.
“People need to know what’s happening, with no sugar-coating and no spinning,” said Coney, who is also coordinator of the Privacy Coalition, a conglomerate of 42 member organizations. She expects other groups to sign on in the push for the technology’s suspension until privacy safeguards are in place.
Right now, without regulations on what the Transportation Security Administration does with this technology, she said, “We don’t have the policy to hold them to what they say. They’re writing their own rule book at this point.”
The machines “detect both metallic and nonmetallic threat items to keep passengers safe,” said Kristin Lee, spokeswoman for TSA, in a written statement. “It is proven technology, and we are highly confident in its detection capability.”
May 18th, 2009 at 11:08 am
When children go through this scanner the TSA agents will be charged with child pornography violations, right?
Kingrommel Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Good point, we should play this card to make sure they don’t proceed with this, make them feel like creepy pervs.
BelieveIT Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
ummmm they ARE creepy pervs :p
Indeed Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
This has nothing to do with security and everything to do with some sicko gettign his jollies off.
Welcome to the US Post 911 where the State of Israel makes the laws, not the will of the american people.
morganite Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....annel_page al gore is a dick head
May 18th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
In 1997 NORAD said, “Aircraft flying over our air space are monitored seven days a week, 24 hours a day.”
The quote above is contradicted by the following 2008 quote from NORAD, “Since the tragic events of 9/11, NORADs role which previously was outward-looking now includes monitoring airspace within North America.”
See the 5 articles on NORAD at http://www.DNotice.org
The articles can be found under the Previous Articles section.
Eyewantmymoneyback Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
say something relevant to the article or piss off ass monkey!
Godzilla Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Christ! your bugging the hell out of me with your spam, post this on a relevant section please.
shillpills Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Video I made about this crap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....annel_page invasive technology
May 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
SPAMMING Craig Unger=ASSHOLE!
Quit this crap you spamming scumbag
May 18th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Is this not the very definition of invasion of privacy?
This is the same as you are assumed guilty until we prove you are innocent and without any probable cause!
Now real voyeurs know what career they want!
May 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
GREAT VIDEO:
9/11 Lessons From Star Trek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CyjD6Ulf6s
May 18th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
TSA PORN
May 18th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
It is totally unnecessary and a gross intrusion into our privacy. Just think of all the perverts who will want the jobs of viewing the virtual strip search computers. I imagine TSA will not have a problem of people showing up for work. It is sickening.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GIANT BONER EVERY TIME YOU GO THROUGH THE SCANNER. THRILL THE LADIES AND ANNOY THE MEN.
janine Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Fill the planes with all very large people, every flight, all the time. Have the organizations give away free round-trip tickets for those passengers for travel inside the U.S.A. only. The government DHS and TSA agents want to see something, they want to oogle someone. Let them see it all baby,is what I say. This technology will end quickly enough, and without too much complaints, or opposition from TSA agents. They will even volunteer to dismantle it themselves. Now that is what I call a peaceful civil protest, by every American that wants to help their country. Keep its privacy safe from government invasion of this sort. I don’t think the TSA agents will want to work there for very long. It will be hard to keep employees. hehehe
May 18th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
OK! Let’s all just go to the airport naked. Go everywhere naked. That will also end the extra baggage fees. Problem over. hehehhehe
janine Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Oh so True 100%. Might as well, if this is what they want to do to us. We just might as well be naked 24/7. Hey government, now we need some more new technology, maybe next it will be in every building on the planet. Nazi Germany, here we come!
May 18th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
hell no we won’t take it!! thats right people,!! the tide has turned in the battle, freedom , truth, power to the people, stand and fight!!!! time to get some fury into this !!yaaaaaa!
May 18th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Reasons like this are why I never fly anymore. I have flown several places in my past. I have been to places like Australia, Las Vegas, LA, Houston, Chicago, New Zealand, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and almost every state east of the Mississippi. After TSA took over, I flew to Florida. I did not like my invasion of privacy being infringed at all. So if I can’t drive there, I stay at home. I will never go back through a TSA checkpoint ever again. Now this machine is the height of invasion of privacy to every American. This is absolutely going too far people. This is like giving a peeping-tom a license to oogle everyone that goes though that checkpoint. Anyone for a live porn show job, the perverts will be flocking like flys to this TSA job. Then we will all be in for even bigger problems. This machine is like saying it is just fine, as long as it is legal, from the word of the powers that be, to allow this form of voyeurism. Just as long as the government DHS and TSA are in charge of it. I don’t know about the rest of you, but this is just wrong in so many ways. It is too much information as the young kids say now-a-days. It is UnConstitutional.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:44 am
More important, in the big scheme of things, is: what sort of radiation are they using and how much? Some sort of energy is being used to penetrate the clothing, what effect does it have on living tissue. How much are we getting and how often? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission had dosimetry and recording requirements for ionizing radiation. Folks are generally kept out of microwave ovens.
Again I ask, what sort of radiation is being used and how much? This, besides being a completely useless and intrusice violation of my right to privacy, might well be a serious health risk.
And the sheeple continue to walk into the ovens.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:47 am
don’t bout you all, but you can see more than I would be willing to show. will they have a (fuzzy area) in the private area, cause you can still see it. Look at the full article, on image two diffidently shows that the person is male. I think I will still to driving to where I need to go, or just stay home. Also as for as children, we already have issues with the airports hiring people of ill repute, ever had your bags rifled through and stuff taken? if they can have those people working for them (airports) then would it not be right to say they could have a child porno pervert in there mitts? Save the children save our selves. SOS!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 4:36 am
COP PUSHED WOMAN DOWNSTAIRS FOR NO REASON-THEN CHARGES HER WITH ASSAULT-VICTIM LOST CAREER AND GETS DEATH THREATS FROM COP ! COP IS THEN ASSIGNED TO AIRPORT DUTY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixvrMGIPOpk
May 19th, 2009 at 6:12 am
This practice will continue. It’s just another tool of the NWO.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:16 am
We had a guy that hid a bomb in his shoe, next all of a sudden their will be someone with a bomb in his crotch, well there you go this is what we will have inevitably