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sstone | 15 years ago

Almost no politician would ever vote for removing this awful "security" measure. They would risk being blamed when another incompetent terrorist mastermind passes security and hopefully gets stopped by, now much more vigilant passengers. Going to the courts seems like a good way around that - sue the TSA.

If someone with experience on these types of issues could comment I would be very interested to learn if this has any chance of removing those damn machines from airports.

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geuis|15 years ago

Make a list of congressmen and senators that require you to let nude photos of your children to be taken by government employees. It's all about how you frame the argument

mhb|15 years ago

That's good for the thin end of the wedge, but it might suggest that if the children are exempted from this nonsense, then the problem is solved.

Also it sets up what could be spun as a bargaining chip. Exempt the kids and they can scan the adults.

tjmc|15 years ago

Better still - post the backscatter photos of those congressmen and senators online. I just hope I don't see them!

pjscott|15 years ago

I suppose so, but such blatantly manipulative tactics make me feel unclean.

eli|15 years ago

A good first step would be to eliminate separate security lines for First Class/VIP and everyone else. I suspect security lines would end up being shorter if our elected officials had to go through exactly the same process as the rest of us.

Zak|15 years ago

As a hack, just go through the first class line regardless of the class you're flying in. I know several people who do this, and none have been questioned about it. The obvious response is: "Why should paying the airline more money get people better treatment from the Federal government?".

palewery|15 years ago

When some congressman's 14 year old grandchild gets felt up by a perv things would change very fast

LiveTheDream|15 years ago

Apparently Congressman Jason Chaffetz introduced a bill against the full-body scanners[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Chaffetz

sstone|15 years ago

His intention is to make them secondary. I'm sure the TSA would have none of that - it would just be magnetometer set to the highest sensitivity first - scanner second - for everyone.

pchristensen|15 years ago

Help us grellas, you're our only hope ...