All Entries in the "Full-Body Scanners" Category
Cancer? No Thanks: Half Of Americans Want X-ray Body Scanners Scrapped
Poll finds travelers would rather take on terrorists than risk exposure to radiation Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com December 8, 2011 A new survey has found that almost half of Americans want to see the TSA’s X-ray body scanners removed from the nation’s airports owing to concerns over potential [...]
Europe bans X-ray body scanners used at U.S. Airports
The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing. The European Commission, which enforces common policies of the EU’s 27 member countries, [...]
TSA Claims X-ray Scanners are Safe as Europe Bans Scanners for ‘Health, Safety
The European Union has decided to ban all X-ray scanners from EU airports in order to protect the health and safety of EU citizens, yet the TSA still claims that the scanners are completely safe. The ban comes after the recent media outburst regarding the 1998 report that linked the X-ray scanners to cancer. The report found that [...]
New trials show naked body scanners have up to 40% error rate
(NaturalNews) Recently trials of the naked full-body scanning machines in Australia have revealed that the highly invasive technology has a huge error rate of up to 40%, but Australian government officials plan to set up the scanners in airports regardless. These radiation-launching machines, also known asAdvanced Imaging Technology(AIT), have once again been proven completely incompetent [...]
TSA Agents Harass Man Over Silver Coins
Federal agency tasked with airport security now routinely interrogates Americans about their financial affairs A traveler flying into Las Vegas was questioned by the TSA about his small collection of silver coins, another example of how the federal agency is acting more like a secret police unit than an airport security outfit, routinely interrogating Americans [...]
TSA begins VIPR highway inspections in Tennessee
PORTLAND, Tenn. – You’re probably used to seeing TSA’s signature blue uniforms at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR). Video: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15725035/officials-claim-tennessee-becomes-first-state-to-deploy-vipr-statewide “Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate,” said Tennessee [...]
Senator: TSA Forced Me To Go Through Body Scanner
Lawmakers slam “baloney” Americans are forced to put up with at the hands of “arrogant” TSA screeners Republican Senator Orrin Hatch was forced to go through a TSA naked body scanner against his will, according to testimony heard at the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, as lawmakers complained to DHS head Janet Napolitano about the “baloney” [...]
Radiation Overdose at the Airport
As the rate of cancer spikes among Transportation Security Agency (TSA) officers who work near the full-body scanners at the Boston Logan Airport, union reps are alarmed at having been misinformed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and TSA regarding the safety of these machines. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), through a Freedom of [...]
Pregnant woman files complaint after TSA confiscates insulin
A pregnant woman in Denver said she had traveled the world with her insulin without any problems, but that all changed when Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) screeners at Denver International Airport confiscated her medication Thursday. “Well, you’re a risk,” she said the agent told her. “This is a risk… I can’t tell you why, [...]
TSA agent commits felony by pretending to be police officer, harassing woman for driving too slow
Angry that a woman was driving a few miles below the speed limit, Donald Eichler, a 63-year-old US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent from Connecticut, decided to drive dangerously close to her, and pull out his TSA badge while off duty and pretend to be a police officer in order to intimidate her into driving [...]
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