Invasion Of The Body Scanners
May, 2010
Following the failed Christmas Day underwear bombing in Detroit, the Transportation Security Administration has accelerated plans to get full-body scanners into the nation's airports. By year's end it hopes to have nearly 500 in place. That has raised a number of questions,some tricky and some ridiculous. Does scanning a child constitute the creation of child porn? Does a full-body scan violate religious tenets that call for modesty, or is it the equivalent of undressing for a medical exam? The...
