admin / December 14, 2010 3:08 pm
At this point it’s relatively well known that the TSA has begun implementing extensive screening procedures in several airports throughout the country in the form of Backscatter machines and enhanced pat downs. Before you chalk this practice up as yet another security precaution that you’re willing to endure in the name of “safety,” please take a moment to review the [...]
admin / December 13, 2010 7:06 pm
Full Body Scanners are Challenged This year, four faculty members from the University of California released an “urgent” memo outlining their concerns regarding the much discussed full body X-ray airport scanners. Essentially, they state the scanners bring potentially serious health risks to those exposed. They urge the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, John P. Holdren, to orchestate a “second independent evaluation” of [...]
