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EPIC v. Homeland Security: Government has Over 2,000 Photos from Airport Body Scanners
EPIC ^ | 16 April 2010 | EPIC

Posted on 04/23/2010 2:47:53 AM PDT by Palter

As a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, EPIC has obtained hundreds of pages of documents from the Department of Homeland Security about the plan to deploy full body scanners in US airports. A letter to EPIC reveals that the government agency possesses about 2,000 body scanner photos from devices that the DHS said earlier "could not store or record images." EPIC has also obtained the most recent device procurement specifications, and several hundred new pages of traveler complaints. For more information, see EPIC: Whole Body Imaging and EPIC: EPIC v. Department of Homeland Security


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: airport; bhodhs; dhs; scanners; tsa
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1 posted on 04/23/2010 2:47:53 AM PDT by Palter
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Aren’t there kids among these images? Seems to me the federal government should be arrested and prosecuted on child porn charges. There should be no bail, and the federal government will have to put on hold what they are doing for a few months at least, like, immigration legislation, crap-n-trade, etc...


2 posted on 04/23/2010 2:54:01 AM PDT by C210N (A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: Palter

Cue Claude Rains...


3 posted on 04/23/2010 3:04:01 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (FUBO! FUNP! FUHR! FUBS!)
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To: Palter

Can’t record or store, but that doesn’t mean that pictures can’t be taken of the viewing screen.


4 posted on 04/23/2010 3:09:20 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“Can’t record or store, but that doesn’t mean that pictures can’t be taken of the viewing screen.”

yes they can store the images, they can also print the images


5 posted on 04/23/2010 3:11:02 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Palter

Does anyone actually believe the drivel coming out of the mouths of anyone in government, especially DHS?


6 posted on 04/23/2010 3:52:46 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: Palter
The goal is apparently to stall Americans, record their
naked pictures for the SEC and other federal organizations
to enjoy, and of course, let the terrorists have sway.


7 posted on 04/23/2010 3:57:03 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States Â… shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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To: Palter

I despise TSA. It’s the most useless agency within the entire U.S. government.


8 posted on 04/23/2010 4:12:29 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Palter

The photo files are being maintained by government wankers for a bit of “hoo hah” in the morning and throughout the day.


9 posted on 04/23/2010 4:32:23 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

It’s not useless; it is entirely too useful in conditioning a compliant population to submit to ever more controls while maintaining PC correctness rather than focusing on real likely suspects.


10 posted on 04/23/2010 4:33:13 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Palter

The pictures are sent over to the SEC for their perusal daily.


11 posted on 04/23/2010 5:02:36 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
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I was scanned Sunday a.m. at BWI. I was not interviewed but in case anyone wants to know: my turn-ons are great seafood and tv crime drama, my turn-offs are mean lefties and telephone book sized legislation.


12 posted on 04/23/2010 5:10:38 AM PDT by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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To: Palter

I wouldn’t doubt that the SEC passes them around.


13 posted on 04/23/2010 7:41:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
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To: Palter
This is totally unexpected.
14 posted on 04/23/2010 7:51:51 AM PDT by elpinta (Jer. 10:23)
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To: Jack Hammer

Are they all former administrators of the Philadelphia school system that took surreptitious photos of students in their homes.


15 posted on 04/23/2010 7:51:59 AM PDT by Carley (I'll keep clinging to the constitution, my guns and my religion, thank you.)
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To: jimfree

I was scanned back in January at Denver International. Woe to the poor sap who comes across my body scan image.


16 posted on 04/23/2010 7:52:50 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: C210N

Can’t really see anything of substance with the images, just outlines. I can’t imagine anyone getting off on them.


17 posted on 04/23/2010 7:59:24 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Palter

In other words, I don’t really care if they scan me or not. I don’t feel violated by it.


18 posted on 04/23/2010 8:01:10 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: rwfromkansas

Rule 34


19 posted on 04/23/2010 8:01:55 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: Palter

These cameras are all about irradiating us further, and enhancing the police state/one-world government/more control.

I’ve given up all flying now, barring some complete emergency. I will not submit to Chertoff’s and the others’ hawking-fear-so-they-can-make-money schemes, all while Muslims and favored classes get to walk in scot-free, without so much as a questioning.


20 posted on 04/23/2010 8:03:34 AM PDT by Borax Queen
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