Tue, Nov 16, 2010
Hopes People Will Protest November 24
A self-described pro-consumer grassroots effort calling itself
"We Won't Fly" is attempting to organizing mass x-ray scanner opt
outs at airports around the nation. They are calling the effort
"National Opt Out of the Airport Scanners Day," which is planned
for November 24. The group hopes to highlight the health and
privacy dangers of TSA's backscatter x-ray airport scanners.
"Not only are these porno scanners a gross violation of
individual privacy," said boycott co-founder George Donnelly,
"they're also a threat to the health of millions of passengers and
ineffective as well. The goal of the demonstrations is to urge
Americans to exercise their legal right to 'opt out' of the
scan."
If you have to fly on November 24, We Won't Fly urges you to opt
out of the new scanners for your own health and privacy. Say "I opt
out!" Be prepared for delays and intimate TSA "patdowns." If you're
not flying on November 24, We Won't Fly urges you to tell your
friends, family and community members who are flying.
Citing University of California scientists, the group says the
airport scanners may pose a serious health risk. "Our overriding
concern is the extent to which the safety of this scanning device
has been adequately demonstrated. This can only be determined by a
meeting of an impartial panel of experts that would include medical
physicists and radiation biologists at which all of the available
relevant data is reviewed," they said in a letter of concern.
A recent article in the San Diego Entertainer on August 31, 2010
stated that "the scans are detailed enough to identify a person's
gender... to identify a passenger's surgery scars, or to discern
whether a woman is on her menstrual cycle or not." As CNN has
reported, the scanners include ethernet connectivity. Images can be
stored and shared by design. According to CBS News, US Marshals
saved 35,000 images from similar scanners at just one
courthouse.
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