EDMONTON JOURNAL
March 27, 2012
Some of the body scanners that peer through passengers’ clothing at U.S. airport checkpoints often go unused, wasting millions of dollars, a government report found.
Scanners at a portion of the airports were used as little as five per cent of the days after they were installed by the Transportation Security Administration, Stephen Lord, director of Homeland Security and justice issues at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, said in testimony prepared for a House hearing Monday.
“The limited use of some of these machines may indicate that there was not a clear need for them at the time they were acquired at the locations in which they were deployed,” Lord said in testimony for a joint hearing of the House oversight and transportation committees.
The scanners, made by L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and OSI Systems Inc.’s Rapiscan, were deployed after the unsuccessful bombing attempt on Dec. 25, 2009, of a Northwest Airlines flight near Detroit. A suspected terrorist smuggled explosives onto the flight in his underwear past airport metal detectors.
9 Responses to “U.S. body scanners go unused, wasting millions”
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I think paying a cop is a waste of money !
kebcreation Reply:
March 27th, 2012 at 11:29 am
Return to Sender and we want OUR money back….
They need not be used, now that is saving lives.
V-man Mace Reply:
March 27th, 2012 at 9:16 am
Especially when you know you have been exposed to a 2-part viral cancer weapon that is activated through weakening of the immune system via exposure to ionizing radiation.
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It’s not that hard to resist the radiation scanners…just politely say ” I opt out” ..it’s that simple and the more you do it the easier it gets…..Do the thing that you fear most and it is the certain death of fear…
The more of us that opt out…then they will have to remove them….OPTING OUT IS POWER!!!!!
LOL “Rapiscan”
Rapist scan more like
Chantel Reply:
March 27th, 2012 at 11:08 am
lol
Squandering currency is a covert method of undermining the economy, accruing profit power to the predatory class.