I’m shocked, SHOCKED, I say, to find that a computerized system can store and transmit data. Who could imagine such a thing? At least there is no possibility there could be a — what do the techie folks call it… — a backdoor way to do this while not in ‘testing’ mode. Right?
Contrary to public statements made by the Transportation Security Administration, full-body airport scanners do have the ability to store and transmit images, according to documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
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The TSA has stated publicly on its website, in videos and in statements to the press that images cannot be stored on the machines and that images are deleted from the scanners once an airport operator has examined them. The administration has also insisted that the machines are incapable of sending images.But a TSA official acknowledged to CNN that the machines do have these capabilities when set to “test mode.”
The official said these functions are disabled before the machines are delivered to airports and that there is no way for screeners in airports to put the machines into test mode to enable the functions. The official, however, would not elaborate on what specific protections, if any, are in place to prevent airport personnel from putting the machines in test mode.
… and setting up a large bogus bureaucracy like the TSA that only provides an illusion of security is not government that works.
I hope these security folks aren’t the same govt contractors that did the unencrypted military drone video.
i can imagine certain hollywood hot-body females ( and maybe some males) having their ‘photos’ grabbed and sold by unscrupulous TSA personnel to the tabloids.
#20-Phydeau
This plan is straight out of the Socialist playbook. Pick any Socialist dictator around the world and you will find a fairly elaborate police state.
Yes, the fingerprints of a liberal is all over this under the guise of being for our own good.
#21 – I agree.
You are not suggesting that the TSA is being untruthful – are you?
I find that very hard to believe after all, they did apprehend the ‘blow your balls off’ terrorist once he was on the ground.
My understanding following some reading of this mans passage (NO! Not THAT passage) was that passengers in transit – i.e via another foreign airport used as a waystop, are not subjected to much in the way of security checks. The assumption being that they were thoroughly checked at the original point of embarkation i.e. Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran etc. etc. Also. notice that there is no blowing up of planes in those countries. Perhaps they need a TSA of their own to stimulate moves in that direction.
#24 You can play with words all you want. By your definition, the Bush administration was “socialist” because they instituted domestic spying without warrants, torture, etc. They created the police state that Obama inherited. And it was all under the guise of doing it for our own good — to “protect” us. So does that make Bush a “liberal”?
It looks like you’re taking all the bad qualities of government you can find and calling them “liberal”. Knock yourself out. But don’t expect any rational person to agree with your definition. Your fellow wingnuts of course will agree with you.
#15 Thanks for the study Fido. I liked this part, “Lead author David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at New York University, cautioned that the study looked at a narrow range of human behavior and that it would be a mistake to conclude that one political orientation was better.”
Or do you feel that you are naturally superior?
#27 No one’s making value judgements here. I don’t feel that I’m naturally superior. I do think that life is easier if you aren’t upset as much by things that change. Life throws us curveballs all the time. If you’re less upset by change, you’re going to be a happier person, IMHO.
#28
In general I agree.
By my definition, this administration is no different than the one before.
Well adjusted people want members of the opposite sex looking at their junk. All members. Put scanners everywhere.
# 20 Phydeau said, “Actually, it’s the wannabe fascists in the Republican party we have to worry about.”
Yes, and look how well the Dems have done in reversing all those nasty things. GOP or DNC – it don’t matter. They’re all cut from the same cloth.
Let us take this scenario.. the TSA guy/girl in the room watching these images find a guy/girl who has strapped bombs around his crotch, would he not be forced to save these images as proof that this man did indeed carry bombs on board and will it not be used in court? Then will they also not un-blur his face to make a positive identification between the man pictured and the man under arrest to prove that it is the same individual? Or are we supposed to believe that the image is deleted and the face is forever blurred? Would they not also do so to every other person that traveled through that airport that day to try to find other people that this person may have worked with?
And when a TSA officer identifies an individual with bombs, would he/she not send that image back to the terminal so that the TSA officers making the arrest know exactly where that bomb is placed so not to accidentally trigger it? The bomb could be around the chest, under the armpit, around the ankles etc.. making a wrong move with a guy who has bombs strapped around him could be even more fatal.
Then if by chance a guy manages to get through with explosives and is successful at going through with his scheme; do you not think the TSA would not look through the images of people scanned to see what was missed?
And then the question is, what stops this from being abused?
Um, was someone expecting something else?
#34 Yes, the Changetards are. And they’re still mooing that things are better now, or that the bad things about this admin are still repukes, or something other than reality.
#32 Yes, and look how well the Dems have done in reversing all those nasty things. GOP or DNC – it don’t matter. They’re all cut from the same cloth.
Not exactly the same cloth. I don’t think the D’s are tempted to do the same huge stupid things as the R’s. Does anyone really think a President Gore would have listened to the PNAC crazies and started a bogus war in Iraq?
But I do agree both parties are in bed with the big money boys, although the R’s are a more natural fit with them.
Really, wingnuts, what are you bitching and moaning about? Y’all worshiped Dubya for a long time, until it became obvious what a disaster he was. Now you pretend you never supported him. But if Obama’s doing the same things Dubya did, why aren’t you happy? You liked the spying without warrants, the torture, back when Dubya did it. You swooned that big strong Dubya was keeping America safe, why do liberals hate American so much? But now, why the sudden reversal now that Obama’s doing it?
Us liberals bashed Dubya for it, and now we’re bashing Obama for it. At least we’re consistent. The only consistency you have is Republican good, Democrat bad, even if they’re doing the exact same things.
In this fairly hilarious article:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed171.html
Fred says we need an “integrated explosive-sniffer, puff-analyzer, millimeter-wave panty-viewer, shoe-x-rayer, stomach pump, CAT-scanner and nitrate-sniffing automated dildo” ASAP!
In this bleak atmosphere of security empires gone mad, I’d like to introduce something beautiful, based upon moving images that look much like these full-body scans. It’s Norman McLaren’s 1968 film masterpiece Pas de deux. Thirteen minutes and twenty-two seconds of your life that, I hope, you won’t begrudge. It’s nominally ballet (and I’m not a ballet fan), but the beauty is added in the post-processing.
#36 As I said in another post. Repukes are driven by greed while demagogues are driven by revenge.
You are a sheeple for the latter.
#37 You’re not bashing Obama here. Just a constant loyal dog defense.
Keep rationalizing your revenge sheeple. It makes it even clearer that you have no intention of fixing anything