Posted on 03/16/2013 8:50:08 PM PDT by usconservative
(CBS) — It was stunning for those who watched Thursday night as federal agents investigated a possible nuclear threat at Chicago’s Ogilvie Transportation Center.
CBS 2′s photojournalist Lana Hinshaw-Klann happened to be at the scene and used a cell-phone camera to record agents in action. Reporter Dave Savini looks into what agents were looking for and what they found.
Sources say the agents were members of the elite TSA VIPR team on the 5:04pm Union Pacific West line. They were carrying hand-held nuclear-detection devices that picked up a reading.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.cbslocal.com ...
When I had radioactive iodine ablation of my thyroid, I was given a letter from the hospital stating that I was radioactive for medical reasons, but was still warned I couldn’t fly for some time, and risked alarms in some places as well. Mostly I felt way to crappy to worry about setting off alarms, but I was radioactive for weeks afterwards.
i think if i had this medical condition i would go out looking for places to set off alarms. maybe have a lawyer with me the whole time.
Homeland Security chasing people that have had a PET Scan!!!!
Hmm. Right now I’m working a turnaround at an oil refinery. We use gamma rays to inspect pipe welds. In the back of the truck we are carrying a source with 87 curies of Iridium 192. Those TSA guys would freak out if they ran their rate meters over this truck..
They're handing out nuclear tests like candy. I had one last month, but they would not answer my questions about what they were pumping into my body until I was through and ready to walk out the door.
Then the tech said, "By the way, don't pick up small children for awhile. YOU COULD INTERRUPT THEIR GROWTH CYCLES." When I got home, the cat took one look and ran under the bed for two days. I was so radioactive, he could see me glowing, apparently.
Then I looked it up online and discovered I had just received radiation equal to 500 dental x-rays.
Scary that security forces were unleashed by a fellow who had just had a nuke treadmill test. My advice, avoid them at all costs. And stay away from friends who've had them.
“elite TSA VIPR team”
Another over budgeted, inept, self important government money pit looking for a “mission” to justify its existence.
You will take the test and you WILL like it. Your Obamaster requires it. //sarcasm.
It’s really not a big deal. Someone needs to turn the squelch up on that meter.
1950. Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, D.O.A.
Looks like an actual case of beeber-like devices being used to detect a guy who had a nuclear stress test!
Oops. Looks like you already checked in.
Looky here. Beeber-like devices in use in Chicago.
I like the test. When my nuts glow in the dark I don’t have to turn on the lights to pee at night.
FALSE FLAG TEST
“You might if it allowed you to live, but that’s your call.”
I’ve had it and it is not the most pleasant thing i’ve ever experieinced. But it is an invaluable tool to see if you have arterial problems in your heart. Much more definitive than a treadmill! because they can take pictures of your heart’s blood flow both at rest and also when it’s going like hell thanks to some drugs that induce a hight heart rate. that part is scary!
That would be Tc-99m (6 hr half life) vice Tc-99 (211,00 years half life) My son received some to determine the extent of a knee injury. Hope your outcome was as favorable as his.
OMW! The husband and I watched that on TV a few years ago. And we don’t watch many movies.
Pretty hokey. It’s funny, I was thinking about that movie not too long ago because of the hokiest part in it. The protagonist is in a bar trying to get some information, and some younger patrons are acting goofy, with one guy actually stumbling into the protagonist. The bartender explains that they are acting that way because of the jazz music that is being played by a live group in the bar.
The system worked...
Passed him several times and they got the guy next to him.
These clowns couldn't find their a***s if their hands were superglued to it. If this was a real dirty bomb, they would all be toast.
My advice: Get out of town and let her blow!
I love urban renewal projects with some umphf!
When I hear their name it reminds me of a huddle of nine year olds thinking what to name their gang.
VIPR - yeah, yeah dude. That’s cool.
I mean are they cartoon characters on a GI Joe episode?
I’m with a VIPR team! Wow, can I have your autograph. You must be tough.
It was either the SEALs or a VIPR team. I chose VIPR so I could be home in time for Real Housewives.
Dude, that’s my favorite show, too!
Perhaps it impresses girlfriends and wives, and low IQ types.
Drill baby drill slightly different meaning
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