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NYPD has some scary-sounding x-ray vans – and it’s refusing to talk about them
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/nypd-scary-sounding-x-ray-vans-refusing-talk-213013174.html ^
Posted on 10/17/2015 4:37:38 PM PDT by Altariel
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posted on
10/17/2015 4:37:38 PM PDT
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Altariel
To: Altariel
Hey! Is that guy mooning me?
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posted on
10/17/2015 4:48:12 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: Altariel
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posted on
10/17/2015 4:49:04 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: COBOL2Java
I can think of a few abuses for this technology.
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posted on
10/17/2015 4:50:53 PM PDT
by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: COBOL2Java
Wow...it must hot as hades in there...
And imagine the stink...
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posted on
10/17/2015 4:52:01 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: Altariel
Hillary will want to order several hundred of these to assist with her Mandatory Gun Buy-Back program.
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10/17/2015 4:54:49 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: null and void
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posted on
10/17/2015 4:56:58 PM PDT
by
Twotone
(Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
To: Altariel
“The Nature of whats going on in the World" Well perhaps if the Intel is that Horrific perhaps they should inform the people so we can protect ourselves.
To: Altariel
I will not talk about anything at all about this it falls into the range of security and counter-terrorism activity that we engage in.They will use this excuse alot on the way to subjugating the populace.
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posted on
10/17/2015 5:10:14 PM PDT
by
ex91B10
(We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
To: Altariel
Opens up a huge market for lead-infused home siding and truck panels.
To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
I wonder if lead based paint will make a comeback...
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posted on
10/17/2015 5:30:57 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Altariel
Most likely, the vans are being used in a test as to whether newly developed terahertz backscatter imaging technology can reliably detect guns, knives, drugs, and explosives in the street-level environment. Unlike x-rays, terahertz energy at the levels relied on in such devices would not damage DNA.
If such technology works, it would provide a non-invasive and non-discriminatory way to do the equivalent of an ongoing stop and frisk of an entire crowd and a close search of passing vehicles. This would help combat crime without arousing concerns over discrimination and harassment in stop and frisk contacts based on police suspicion.
To: Joe 6-pack
To: ex91B10
Why not? Just look at how low/where the (illegal) War on Drugs have taken us....
Essential Liberty for security or some such yada yada /s
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posted on
10/17/2015 5:47:43 PM PDT
by
i_robot73
("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
To: Altariel
This is a Backscatter system. It’s been used on the border, in Iraq, and Afghanistan for years. A smaller system was used in airport security, but have been replaced by the millimeter wave system which does not use X-rays.
Probably not a good idea if you are subjected to X-rays every day, like airline crews, but for the occasional use, this is not any more dangerous than the airport versions.
To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Ooops, I read the link for the lead blanket:
"If a non-medical facility or individual places an order for either of these items, the order will have to be cancelled and re-placed." Hmmm, I wonder why that is?
To: Rockingham
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posted on
10/17/2015 6:01:12 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: COBOL2Java
Wish they would please turn off the X-ray. Way too much visual.
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posted on
10/17/2015 6:14:47 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The Democrat debate was audtiton to see who would wear the American jackboot. Ted Cruz)
To: Altariel
I can think of a few abuses for this technology.
Is gun confiscation one of them??
To: Altariel
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posted on
10/17/2015 7:16:54 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
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