Docs Reveal TSA Plan To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
Mar 2, 2011, 5:00 pm
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Docs Reveal TSA Plan To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenber...in-passengers/
Well, who would have thunk it?
Giving Transportation Security Administration agents a peek under your clothes may soon be a practice that goes well beyond airport checkpoints. Newly uncovered documents show that as early as 2006, the Department of Homeland Security has been planning pilot programs to deploy mobile scanning units that can be set up at public events and in train stations, along with mobile x-ray vans capable of scanning pedestrians on city streets.
Well, who would have thunk it?
Mar 2, 2011, 5:06 pm
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With the airport or events, I can see them saying that once you cross the line, you can be scanned.. However, what legal justification do they have to scan citizens on the street, who have not submitted to any type of screening? 
Mar 2, 2011, 5:33 pm
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On page 102, under the heading of "intelligent Pedestrian Surveillance Platform", you can find the following:
"Homeland" -- who is the moron who came up with that word?
DHS S&T is committed to protecting the homeland, its infrastructure, and citizens, from threats, including those presented by Improvised Explosive Devices (“IED”).
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Mar 2, 2011, 5:33 pm
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This is hardly news; these vans have been around for some time. The only news is that the documents have been released.
Someone needs to seek a TRO and injunction (see Kyllo-- it stands for more than the sanctity of the home) to stop this practice. Standing is the difficulty.
Someone needs to seek a TRO and injunction (see Kyllo-- it stands for more than the sanctity of the home) to stop this practice. Standing is the difficulty.
Mar 2, 2011, 5:54 pm
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I think what needs to be done is the engineers at this forum build a detector. That way we can directly confront the TSA on the street.
"Do you want to walk today?" doesn't have the same punch.
"Do you want to walk today?" doesn't have the same punch.
Mar 2, 2011, 7:06 pm
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Forbes: Documents Reveal TSA Plan To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
Mar 2, 2011, 7:09 pm
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Unfortunately, the courts seem to think that the 4th amendment has a "toss in case of terrorism" clause. 
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How quickly America forgets.
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How quickly America forgets.
Mar 2, 2011, 7:23 pm
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Mar 2, 2011, 9:59 pm
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quite a disappointing story, although nothing that hasn't already been indicated by Pistole/Napolitano's public statements. The technology is so seductive and hidden that it obscures the essence of what is happening. This is going to be a long fight, over many years.
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Mar 2, 2011, 10:19 pm
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Can these mobile units be identified in some way? Sounds like a perfect case for civil disobedience (boxing them in traffic, parking them in, slashing tires, etc).