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Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:20 am**

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk....scanner

Airport worker given police warning for 'misusing' body scanner

Man, 25, issued with harassment warning after allegedly taking photo of a female colleague at Heathrow
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The BAA employee took a photo of his co-worker, Jo Margetson, when she inadvertently went through a scanner.

"I can't bear to think about the body scanner thing," she told the Sun. "I'm totally traumatised. I've spoken to the police about it. I'm in too much of a state to go to work."

Poor thing. Of course, the rest of us just have to suck it up, right?

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:45 am**

"Air passengers already tolerate a large invasion of their privacy and we do not feel that full-body scanners add greatly to this situation. Privacy concerns should not prevent the deployment of scanners."

Fuck you, buddy.

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:26 am**

I believe that's called the "slippery slope," "thin end of the wedge," "camels nose," etc.

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:54 am**

The camel's nose was long long ago. We're well past the shoulders now.

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:19 am**

"Having witnessed these full-body scanners working at first-hand, we are confident that the privacy concerns that have been expressed in relation to these devices are overstated and that full-body scanners are no more an invasion of privacy than manual "pat-downs" or searches of bags," the committee said.

Their security folk must have x-ray vision.

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:58 pm**

Are they suggesting I can pat down any woman I want without breaking any laws?

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Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:05 pm**

Let's see all the lawmakers that voted for these monstrosities have to walk through one each & every day on their way to work. Because, you know, you can't sacrifice security at critical levels of government. & staffed by the same fuckwit incompetents at your standard airport.

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