The government admits it really wants to see your genitals at the airport

[bananas]

http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-government-admits-it-really-wants-to-see-your-genitals-at-the-airport/

The government admits it really wants to see your genitals at the airport
January 8, 2011

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But I should have written that post yesterday when the TSA out-bizarred all of us by publishing a post delicately titled, A Friendly Suggestion on Products Designed to Conceal Sensitive Areas, on its blog.

I’m not kidding this time. Read it for yourself.

In the post, the TSA’s infamous Blogger Bob says the TSA knows about those special undergarments that hide your “junk” when you go through a full-body scanner, and it is not amused.

He writes,

If there is something shielding an area and we don’t know what’s under it, we have to conduct a pat-down.

So basically, passengers should be aware that the use of these types of products will likely result in a pat-down.

Some might think this is TSA’s way of getting back at clever passengers. That’s not the case at all. It’s just security.

Just security, huh?

What the TSA seems to be saying is that 1) the scanners can capture a sharp image of your private parts, contradicting previous claims that the scans produce blurry results, and 2) that indeed, it requires a good shot of the family jewels before you can be cleared to fly. Alternatively, it needs to feel them.

I’m not sure I like where this is going.

I wasn't aware of these products:

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/23/nation/la-na-tsa-fig-leaf-20101123

He's selling TSA-proof underwear
Sales have skyrocketed for a Colorado man who says he doesn't believe the full-body airport scanners are safe. His briefs and bras are strategically emblazoned with patches made of an X-ray-repelling fabric.

November 23, 2010|By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Denver — A Colorado man thinks he's found a way to protect your private parts from unwanted radiation and government peeping at airports.

Jeff Buske of Larkspur is selling tungsten-lined underwear online, with fibers of the X-ray-repelling material strategically placed over the crotch. He says he's seen his sales skyrocket in the last week, since the Transportation Security Administration began rolling out full-body scanners at several airports and conducting aggressive pat-downs of people who refuse to use them.

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Our physicist-congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) says the TSA porno-scanners are "misguided, counterproductive, and potentially dangerous".
He was Chairman of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel when he said that in November.
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x73632 for his comments.

Rush Holt is also on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
According to his website, "Holt is the only scientist and only Member from the New Jersey delegation to sit on the Intelligence Committee." http://holt.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=5

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Hmmmmm, you put your toaster strudels in tungsten coated boxes to cook

your breakfast... I wonder what the potential for unforeseen results may be.

I made up the part about tungsten coated boxes btw.

[DiverDave]

2. Well, O.K.

I'll just drop trou next time...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. The tungsten moguls must be ecstatic

Another use for the metal, since incandescent light bulbs are on the way out.

:hi: