liberty2897
05-20-2014, 07:13 AM
http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20140516/DHS/305160012/Guess-where-TSA-s-invasive-scanners-now-
So far, 154 of the machines have been transferred to prisons in states including Iowa, Virginia and Louisiana. It’s a good fit because privacy concerns raised by airport passengers do not apply in many cases to prisoners, according to TSA.
“TSA and the vendor are working with other government agencies interested in receiving the units for their security mission needs and for use in a different environment,” TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein said.
TSA owned about 250 of the screening machines at its peak — valued at about $40 million — before removing them from airports in the first half of 2013 in response to pressure over the images it created of passengers.
Members of Congress had also raised issues about the safety of the machines and their scanning technology, asking the National Academy of Sciences to explore whether people are exposed to unsafe levels of radiation during the process.
More at link
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That's why l am spearheading the $10 million class action suit...
...against Mr. Johnson, and his irresponsible selling of a product...
...he didn't even test on prisoners!
-quote from The Jerk 1979
So far, 154 of the machines have been transferred to prisons in states including Iowa, Virginia and Louisiana. It’s a good fit because privacy concerns raised by airport passengers do not apply in many cases to prisoners, according to TSA.
“TSA and the vendor are working with other government agencies interested in receiving the units for their security mission needs and for use in a different environment,” TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein said.
TSA owned about 250 of the screening machines at its peak — valued at about $40 million — before removing them from airports in the first half of 2013 in response to pressure over the images it created of passengers.
Members of Congress had also raised issues about the safety of the machines and their scanning technology, asking the National Academy of Sciences to explore whether people are exposed to unsafe levels of radiation during the process.
More at link
----------------------------
That's why l am spearheading the $10 million class action suit...
...against Mr. Johnson, and his irresponsible selling of a product...
...he didn't even test on prisoners!
-quote from The Jerk 1979