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Airport security: Are you buff enough? (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan).It’s not often I agree with a Republican but when Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) says "Nobody needs to see my wife and kids naked to secure an airplane [seat]” then I tend to agree with him.
Chaffetz did not refer to a new ticketing system introduced by Hugh Hefner, but rather the whole-body imaging scanners used at nineteen airports around the country, with more in the pipeline. The scanners (scientific name, “Millimeter Wave Scanner”) take super-revealing snapshots of you in all your glory. So don’t forget to change your underwear when you fly from the airports in which they’re used.
Rightly, Mr. Chaffetz has proposed a bill to stop whole-body imaging scanners being used as the primary source of TSA security. “In the interests of security” is a phrase which has become a Moonie mantra and we should increasingly question the procedures to which it leads.
And think of the poor TSA staff. How many airline travelers would you actually want to see in the buff? Shudder.
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