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Don't forget people, TSA "officials" have no idea that the BIG reason for what's happening is to take away our freedom of movement."
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LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER
Tolerance maxed out for TSA security's voyeurism, molestation, radiation blasts
By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
Editor's Note: Some of the links in this report lead to graphic images that have been taken from the scanning process. Use caution in viewing the links.
Supporters say it enhances security aboard passenger jets, but critics say it is little more than government-sponsored voyeurism for Transportation Security Administration workers.
The dispute is over the new enhanced airport security screening procedures that offer a choice of either a nude, full-body image X-ray scan or a hands-on-all-parts pat-down by a federal agent.
And the controversy could be coming to a head.
The Air Transport Association of America says it expects 24 million people to fly during the Thanksgiving holiday period, and an online campaign is urging everyone who flies the day before Thanksgiving – usually one of the busiest air travel days of the year – to opt out of the new full-body, nude-image scanners.
"The goal of National Opt-Out Day is to send a message to our lawmakers that we demand change," states the website. "No naked body scanners, no government-approved groping. We have a right to privacy and buying a plane ticket should not mean that we're guilty until proven innocent.
"While the government doesn't always like to advertise this, you have the ability to opt-out of the naked body scanner machines," the organizers said.
The move was praised by some as a needed spotlight on the invasive images derived from the security screenings – so graphic that WND cannot post them online – and the aggressive nature of the alternative "pat-downs" conducted by federal agents. One woman described how agents grabbed and twisted her breasts.
But the campaign also drew some alarmed reactions because of the potential it has to clog or shut down the travel system.
Have an airport-security horror story? Tell WND with an e-mail to tsatips@wnd.com.
"The day before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel days of the year, after all, and airports are already overwhelmed with travelers. It doesn't take much – a snowstorm, fog, or a citizen revolt – to throw an airport into total disarray," said Carl Unger on the Smarter Travel blog.
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