Fo Shizzle
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New TSA body screening technology is a joke.
On tonights NBC news they showed an actual "new generation" screening machine and put a subject through it. It picked up a gun..a box cutter..a plastic explosive and a bag of powder under the subjects clothes. Very impressive!!!:ncaabbs::ncaabbs:
I turned to my wife after watching the report and asked a simple question...
What if a terrorist has an explosive up his ass?
If it took me 2 seconds to beat this technology...How long will it take someone bent on blowing up a plane?
Anyone that thinks that this security theater is keeping you from getting blown up by a truly determined individual is delusional.
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| 01-07-2010 06:52 PM |
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Brookes Owl
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RE: New TSA body screening technology is a joke.
Interesting article posted earlier by gsloth on the Parliament Quad board. Really points out the "all show and no go" quality of current screening in the US.
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| 01-07-2010 07:12 PM |
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WoodlandsOwl
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RE: New TSA body screening technology is a joke.
The backscatter screening has some major flaws. It doesn't get into body cavities.
Remember in 2004 two Russian airliners were destroyed in mid-air by two female Chetzen suicide bombers who had the explosives up their vaginas.
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| 01-07-2010 07:21 PM |
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jh
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RE: New TSA body screening technology is a joke.
(01-07-2010 07:21 PM)WMD Owl Wrote: The backscatter screening has some major flaws. It doesn't get into body cavities.
Remember in 2004 two Russian airliners were destroyed in mid-air by two female Chetzen suicide bombers who had the explosives up their vaginas.
Just out of curiosity, how did they know where the explosives were hidden?
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SumOfAllFears
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RE: New TSA body screening technology is a joke.
Bend over, grab your ankles, cough three times. Isn't that what is done in prison.
(This post was last modified: 01-07-2010 08:57 PM by SumOfAllFears.)
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| 01-07-2010 08:56 PM |
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