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Appear naked before security officials

If terrorists aim at reducing civil liberties and the right of privacy, they have been very successful. Former US president Bush surrendered very soon. Elected on the slogan “I do not believe in big government”, he created an enormous Big Brother bureaucracy.

He reduced civil liberties and privacy rights and transformed the USA in a country where big surveillance programs, eavesdropping, interception of mail and email, etc. are daily practice.

Whole-body imaging machines at airports illustrate the loss of privacy. Airline passengers are required to submit to scanners and appear naked before security officials.

Passengers who refuse a full body scan will be barred from boarding their flights. Manchester airport in the UK confirmed on March 3, 2010 that two women were denied boarding because they declined the scan. One refused for religious and the other for medical reasons.

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asserts that the scanners emit less radiation than a cell phone and that they generate robotic images of passengers.

Body scan
But the TSA shows a dumbed-down version of what this technology is capable of doing, says the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

On October 7, 2009, the US General Accountability Office (GAO) expressed concern over TSA's lack of complete risk assessments and inability to provide documentation to show how they have addressed the concerns raised in an earlier 2009 GAO report regarding the susceptibility of the technology to terrorist tactics.

Passengers in the UK must now accept a major breach of their privacy and a certain increase of health risks in exchange for an uncertain reduction of the risk of a terrorist action. Even in the USA scanners are optional. Passengers who refuse them will receive an equal level of screening, including a physical pat-down.

The TSA says that over 98% of passengers who encounter a scanner during pilots prefer it over other screening options. Airline Passenger Guru’s current poll suggests that a minority wants to make a body scan mandatory.

Related article: “A kiss for the security-political complex” and "How draconic can security measures be?"

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