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From Pat-Downs to Rat-Downs? Scientists Suggest Mice for Airport Security
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsWhen you go to the airport, do you feel comfortable getting an enhanced pat-down? What about an enhanced rat-down? Israeli scientists say they have found a way to harness the power of mice to bolster airport security. Brothers Eran and Alon Lumbroso have constructed an explosive detector that looks like a standard airport metal detector or full-body scanner -- only it's filled with mice, according to New Scientist. Robert F. Bukaty, AP You don't want mice in your house -- but in your airport they could be a lifesaver. An Israeli company has created a device that uses trained mice ...
Opinion: Why American Airport Security Is So Horrendous
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 3) -- Security checks at American airports have become America's most controversial topic. Yet most people assume the current system is doing a good job fighting terrorism but is merely too intrusive. In fact, this approach is also ineffective and even counterproductive. Terrorism on American internal flights is a low-frequency threat. It is hard to mount a sophisticated attack from within the United States in the post-Sept. 11 period. The number of potential suicide terrorists on planes is limited as is the number of good bomb-makers. Four Views on Airport Security Why It's So ...
Opinion: Airport Security Complaints -- We've Been Here Before
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 3) -- Forty years ago, in the aftermath of a flurry of aircraft hijackings, many of them to Cuba, President Richard Nixon issued an executive order implementing mandatory surveillance and screening searches at U.S. airports. Procedures included screening by magnetometer and pat-downs of passengers who activated the magnetometers. Although these procedures aroused outrage among self-professed civil libertarians who initiated numerous lawsuits against the government, the general public by and large accepted these security measures as necessary for their own safety. Four Views on ...
Man Sues TSA, Claims Pat-Down Violates His Rights
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News(Nov. 24) -- An Arkansas man is taking the Transportation Security Administration to court, claiming new screening searches violate the Constitution. Robert Dean filed a federal lawsuit in Little Rock this week, even though the city's airport doesn't have the new scanners that have sparked outrage across the country. Dean's suit asks for a federal ban against the machines and full-body searches. On a recent trip to Chicago, Dean claims that being subjected to a full-body scan and being patted down by TSA personnel harmed his "emotional, psychological and mental well-being," The Associated ...
Poll: Public Backs Full-Body Scans at Airports, but Splits on Pat-Downs
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAs the debate over what critics regard as overly intrusive security measures at airports heats up, a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted Nov. 21 finds that 64 percent of those surveyed support the use of full-body scans while 32 percent say they invade privacy by producing X-ray images of the passenger's naked body. Four percent had no opinion. But when it comes to the pat-downs that are required if a passenger chooses to "opt out" of the full body scan, 50 percent say that the touching of sensitive areas of the passenger's body by screeners goes too far while 48 percent believe it is ...
Airport Security: Choose One
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The Holiday Guide to the 'Touch My Junk' Backlash
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Nov. 16) -- This holiday season, take a stand and add a "pat-down" to your travel plans. That's if you want to send a message to the Transportation Security Administration, which has been the subject of a new level of scorn since debuting its revealing full-body scanners and cozy new manual searching techniques this fall. Now, critics of the government agency, led by a savvy blogger, say they've had enough and have designated the day before Thanksgiving -- also known as the busiest travel day of the year -- as National Opt-Out Day. On Nov. 24, supporters of National Opt-Out Day are asking ...
Pilot Refuses Full-Body Scan, Says It Would Violate His Rights
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Oct. 20) -- A Memphis pilot who refused an airport security search said the procedure violated his rights and wouldn't make passengers any safer. Michael Roberts, a first officer with ExpressJet Airlines, refused to submit to a full-body scan and then to a pat-down by Transportation Security Administration officials on Friday, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. He left Memphis International Airport without boarding a plane. Roberts, who has worked for ExpressJet for more than four years, was wearing a pilot's uniform and identification at the time. The security procedures left him ...
'Feds Radiating Americans' with Scanners at Road Checkpoints: Is It True?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Sept. 29) -- Are scanners being employed at roadway checkpoints to "radiate Americans" with dangerous X-rays designed to peer inside their vehicles? Yes, according to Alex Jones conspiratorial website Prison Planet, and this time, the mainstream media agrees, at least in part. In his most recent Google Trends coup, Alex Jones encouraged users to repeatedly search the phrase "feds radiating Americans," to draw attention to Prison Planet reporter Paul Joseph Watson's new article. In it, the author claims that instead of dedicating their efforts to control illegal immigration and drug ...
Full-Body Security Scanners: Coming Soon to an Airport Near You
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 21) -- Modesty and air travel are two concepts that appear to be mutually exclusive these days, thanks to an increasing level of scrutiny at the security checkpoint. Exhibit A: the controversial full-body scanner, likely coming soon to an airport near you. In the U.S., 142 are currently in operation at 41 airports, and another 309 will be in place by the end of the year, notes The New York Times. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security released the names of the next 28 airports to receive this high-tech screening tool. Airports Next-in-Line for Full-Body Scanners The * ...
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