Body Scanners for the London Underground

Ronald Dumsfeld writes "In a report in the TimesOnline, it is alleged that those lovely see-through-your-clothes scanners are to be installed in London's Tube stations. Part of the UK's Military-industrial complex, QinetiQ stands to make £150,000 to £2 million per station ($260,000 - $3.4 million) with their Millimetre Wave Imagers."

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The Middle East Is Everywhere

[Anonymous Coward]

Here(In Israel) we got used to this long time ago.

You can't go to anywhere without passing thru metal detectors(full size or hand used) and surface body checks.

Armed guards are common view.

I can't remember when was the last time that I've entered a mall and nobody have checked me.

The terror is taking over our lives, Now all over the world.

Those who paid attention during Fahrenheit 9/11...

[M3rk1n_Muffl3y]

...will have heard about a Private Equity company known as Carlyle Group. This is one of biggest and most profitable Private Equity firms in the world. The shareholders include the Bush family, the bin Laden family and former British PM John Major may still be their Chairman. It's a bit like Milo Minderbinder's outfit in Catch 22, where everyone benefits, because everyone is a part of the syndicate. Well anyway they own QinitiQ. And please don't assume that I am suggesting anything other than the fact that the war on terror, has been quite profitable for some parties involved.