sailingaway
03-11-2013, 08:28 PM
Aside from the privacy-threatening qualities of whole body scanners, which have got the widgets dubbed "nude scanners" and "virtual strip searches," safety concerns have plagued the things, too. They emit radiation — either backscatter x-ray or millimeter wave — which the government in the form of the TSA assures us is harmless. But the tests conducted in-house by the feds often involve machines tested under ideal conditions, not much-used devices indifferently maintained as they are in the real world, so worries persist. Some prominent scientists have gone public with objections to the quality of data seen so far. Now, the Department of Homeland Security has been ordered to release two reports and a Powerpoint presentation that it's resisted producing with claims including the ever-useful "security."
more: http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/11/judge-dhs-must-release-body-scanner-safe
more: http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/11/judge-dhs-must-release-body-scanner-safe