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TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner
McGruber writes "The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has ended a contract with Rapiscan, a unit of OSI Systems Inc., manufacturer of about half of all of the controversial full-body scanners used on air passengers. TSA officials claim that Rapiscan failed to deliver software that would protect the privacy of passengers, but the contract termination happened immediately after the TSA finally got around to studying the health effects of the scanners, and Congress had a hearing on TSA's 'Scanner Shuffle'."
is the first 'a' in Rapiscan pronounced as just a regular 'a' or like 'ae' ?
Because if you respect people's privacy and safety, the terrorists win.
Everyone and everything's name is hilarious, but RAPEYSCAN really takes the proverbial cake, and eats it too.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Please try to be truthful about this, you know that Chertoff or his organization was never a lobbyist for Rapiscan. You can verify that with US Congress records on lobbyists. If you don't know this then please stop reading stupid sites like huffington post that don't inform you of the truth. If you were mistaking them for the Daschle family who were lobbyists for the company then I apologize.
While Chertoff was head of DHS he did, and still does, push for contactless scanners as the means for providing safety. Personally I would prefer them, over the current airport probe, provided that they are safer but guess that is just me.
The one company that gives us honesty in its marketing and you are all upset.
Some people are never satisfied!
It's almost to the point where the terrorists don't need to actually pull off an attack. They just release "chatter" about an attack and watch the West scurry around. I wonder how long until the terrorists try to see just how outrageous they can be and still have the West react. "There are reports that a terrorist group has come up with a nose bomb. Everyone will now submit to a TSA-enforced sinus inspection before boarding their planes."
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
My wife went through one and needed to get the pat down too. They found an "anomaly" on her that required further inspection. Note to any women out there: Spanx are an anomaly to the TSA and you will get the patented TSA Feel Up to make sure that your undergarment is what is causing the issue.
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
Actually, the purpose of the scanners is to increase cancer in the general population, so that Big Pharma can make more money with chemotherapy drugs...
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
Great, now everyone posting as AC is on a list.