{"id":168728,"date":"2010-01-10T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/10\/privacy-activists-score-victories-against-more-detailed-body-scanners-at-airports.html"},"modified":"2010-01-10T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T15:50:14","slug":"privacy-activists-score-victories-against-more-detailed-body-scanners-at-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/168728","title":{"rendered":"Privacy activists score victories against more detailed body scanners at airports"},"content":{"rendered":"

John C. Hayes
\nChicago Tribune <\/a>
\nSunday, January 10th, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 \u2013 The government<\/a> has promised
\nmore and better security at airports after the near-disaster Christmas
\nDay, but privacy advocates are not prepared to accept the use of
\nfull-body scanners<\/a> as the routine screening system at the
\nnation\u2019s airports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t need to look at naked 8-year-olds and
\ngrandmothers to secure airplanes,\u201d Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah,
\nsaid Friday. \u201cAre we really going to subject 2 million people per
\nday to that? I think it\u2019s a false argument to say we have to give
\nup all of our personal privacy in order to have security.\u201d<\/p>\n

The balance between privacy and security tilts after each major
\nterrorism<\/a> incident in favor of greater security. But in the past
\ndecade, privacy advocates have been successful in blocking or stalling
\ngovernment<\/a> plans for more searches.<\/p>\n

A conservative freshman in the House, Chaffetz won a large,
\nbipartisan majority last year for an amendment to oppose the
\ngovernment<\/a>\u2019s use of body-image scanners as the primary screening
\nsystem for air travelers. He was joined by the American Civil Liberties
\nUnion, which said the scanners are the equivalent of a \u201cvirtual
\nstrip search.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pro-privacy stand does not follow the traditional ideological
\nlines; Republicans and Democrats have united on the issue now and in
\nthe past.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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