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[ PRIVACY Forum ] All x-ray backscatter units being pulled from US
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Fri Jan 18 12:13:48 2013
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:55:48 -0800
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All x-ray backscatter units being pulled from US airports for now ... but ...
http://j.mp/W4JjCg (Bloomberg)
"The agency removed 76 of the machines from busier U.S. airports last
year. It will now get rid of the remaining 174 Rapiscan machines, with
the company absorbing the cost, said Karen Shelton Waters, the
agency's assistant administrator for acquisitions. The TSA will
instead use 60 machines manufactured by L-3 Communications Holdings
Inc. (LLL), the agency's other supplier of body scanners."
- - -
The level of obvious dissembling by TSA in these statements is
noteworthy, and unsurprising. Also note the implication that more
x-ray backscatter machines may be coming to airports, from a different
manufacturer. The part about relocating the existing backscatter
units to government agencies "with less privacy concerns" is a bit
amusing. Naked scanner photos of government officials and CIA agents?
No risks there, obviously! But then again, maybe they're just
planning to ship them all to BOP and further irradiate the "captive
audiences" at the federal prisons.
--Lauren--
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