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Published: 11/22/10

Poll: Public Backs Full-Body Scans at Airports, but Splits on Pat-Downs

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Poll: Public Backs Full-Body Scans at Airports, but Splits on Pat-Downs

As 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 ...

Published: 01/8/10

Airport Security: Is Israel the Answer?

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
Airport Security: Is Israel the Answer?

Well, Alex, there's one obvious solution to the rampant dysfunction you so colorfully describe in that hilarious recap of your recent journey from India back to the United States. And I can sum it up in one word: Israel.Over the past week or so, much ink has been spilled over the pros and cons of airport security techniques as diverse as body scanners (child porn?), passenger profiling (racist or just plain smart?) and the prohibition on bathroom breaks during the last hour of the flight (cruel and unusual punishment?). Surprisingly, what people aren't talking so much about are the methods ...

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