Sec. Napolitano says airport full-body scanners 'do not see everything'

[The Northerner]

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Privacy concerns shouldn’t hinder the rapid deployment of controversial full-body scanners at American airports, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Thursday.

“Some have expressed concerns about these machines – that they infringe upon privacy,” Napolitano told students and faculty at Arizona State University. “But suffice it to say, many of those worries have been spurred by the continued publication of photos that were taken using older versions of the technology, not the technology that’s actually being deployed today.”

Critics of the machines have said they amount to a technological strip-search.

Napolitano insisted that her department does take privacy concerns “into account.” The Transportation Security Administration officer reading the image is now separated from the person being scanned, Napolitano said. “And I can confirm, no, the machines do not see everything.”

She said the machines would be able to prevent the kind of attack organized on Christmas Day last year, when a Nigerian man wearing explosives in his underwear was able to board a Detroit-bound flight in Amsterdam.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/89277-napolitano-says-body-scanners-do-not-see-everything

[Mojorabbit]

1. I'd like see her volunteer

to be scanned and have photos of the scans broadcast on tv and the internet.

[lazarus]

2. if they can't see your privates

how could they see the explosives in a dude's underwear? :shrug:

[laconicsax]

3. It's true. They don't see inside body cavities.

[kenny blankenship]

9. That's why all scanning teams are issued a dozen of these

[Sherman A1]

4. Thank You Madame Secretary, please feel free to go first & we can all

watch the video.

[dawg]

5. I've seen a scan ...

and trust me, for men anyway, it reveals everything.

[flamingdem]

6. Why don't people fear the ionizing radiation more?

I was forced through one of these, not offered a choice, you're tired and before you know it there you are in the contraption.

[951-Riverside]

7. Stop insulting our intelligence Janet, leave that up to the GOP

You can clearly make out a male's penis in the machines I saw. This is probably why during the live demonstrations on the early morning shows a few months ago they had male reporters hold a large rectangle box in front of their privates.

Meanwhile air marshals can easily smuggle drugs on board planes. http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/13/marshals.cocaine/index.html

Gee I feel safe :eyes:

[katandmoon]

8. She has as much credibility as her predecessor.

[951-Riverside]

10. *kick*

:kick:

[gleaner]

11. How does she know this?

Does she have a full set of scans of unwary individuals heading out for travel cheer? I think she should go first and let us see her scan. Maybe publish it somewhere. Get a few small shots for her wallet to show friends. Feh.