US Congress Tries To Cut Body Scanner Funding

OverTheGeicoE writes "The Electronic Privacy Information Center reports that the US House of Representatives is trying to cut funding for new airport body scanners from next year's budget. This would prevent the TSA from installing 275 new scanners in airports in FY 2012, at a cost of $76 million."

Comments

Re:I hope this passes

[swanzilla]

The fact that they won't let us bring a 4 oz. or 6oz. yogurt, or a bottle of pure water, or a tube of what is obviously toothpaste, does not make us safer. It inconveniences us. I love yogurt and it's ridiculous that it can't be carried through security. Go ahead, open it, sniff it. It's milk, not nitroglycerine, or a binary explosive.

I can't help but make a connection between this odd rant and your username.

Re:Prevent the TSA?

[lpp]

I hear they need bodies to fight the flooding along the Mississippi. No no... not labor... just the bodies...