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November 09, 2004
British Sheeple Line Up to Be Shorn
CNN reports:
A new X-ray machine at London's Heathrow airport, which sees through passengers' clothes, has been attacked by civil liberties campaigners as a "voyeur's charter."
The machine uses low-level radiation to see through clothing, producing an anatomically detailed black and white image of the body underneath.
Capable of detecting solid objects concealed under clothing, it started a four month trial in October.
Randomly picked passengers are asked if they will volunteer to be scanned by the machine.
"I stood in front of the screen and they took three pictures in different positions," said passenger Pernille Nielsen.
"I don't mind if the pictures are a little more personal as long as I'm safe in air -- that's what matters," she told Reuters.
Another passenger, Maria Love, said: "It's all about being safe, and I really have no problem with it."
A spokeswoman for BAA Heathrow said 98 percent of participants gave positive feedback. . . .
Heathrow, which for security reasons declined to say how the new X-ray machine improves on current scanners, denies the machines could cause embarrassment.
"It's a very low dose X-ray, the images are not stored, it's same sex operated and the operator that sees the image will not see the person," said the airport spokeswoman.
"There will not be a situation that could cause embarrassment," she added.
The British sheeple are buying into this invasion of privacy. We all know American sheeple will, too, in time--and the "conservatives" will be the first in line.
(Link courtesy Drudge Report.)
Posted by Mike Tennant at November 9, 2004 03:33 PM