Air travelers stripped bare with X-ray machine

[White Devil]

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What's it going to take america? When are you going to get fed up with the feds and thier bullsh*t? Oh, I forgot, thie country is loaded with a bunch of submissive cowards.

Just Imagine when pictures of you're nude body show up on the internet so people can mock you. Or just so the feds can keep pictures of your naked body on file for fu*k knows what.

The agency in charge of the nation's air security expects later this year to begin using a controversial X-ray machine that will show airport screeners a clear picture of what's under passengers' clothes --whether weapons or just bare skin.

Screeners plan to test the "backscatter" machines at several U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) say

s. The refrigerator-sized machines are considered a breakthrough in scanning technology but have been
labeled "a virtual strip search" by the American Civil Liberties Union. (Related story: Airports test 'futureworld' devices)

Security workers using the machines can see through clothes and peer at whatever may be hidden in undergarments, shirts or pants. The images also paint a revealing picture of a person's nude body.

The devices can potentially be used to screen hundreds of millions of air travelers each year, although TSA says more study is needed to determine how the devices may be used at U.S. airports. The agency declined to say when and where it expects to test the machines.

Backscatter technology has been waiting on the sidelines for nearly four years but seems poised now to move to the forefront of aviation security. The machines are already used by U.S. Customs agents at 12 airports to screen passengers suspected of carrying drugs. They're also get
ting
a test run at a terminal in London Heathrow Airport, the first major airport to use them.

The ACLU says the scanners invade pe
rsonal privacy. "This leads directly to a surveillance society," says Barry Steinhardt, who runs the group's technology program.

But Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a Senate subcommittee last month that he wants to employ the technology and doesn't want an "endless debate" over privacy issues.

Security consultant Douglas Laird says the machines are essential to spot explosives, which aren't detected by metal detectors.

The $100,000 machines bounce low-radiation X-rays off a person's skin to produce photo-like computer images of metal, plastic and organic materials hidden under clothes, says American Science and Engineering. The TSA is testing its BodySearch machine.

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[Arheel's Uncle]

Old story, but what the hay........

That is covered at

RadSec

Rapiscan never worked, they all have egg on their faces, Michael Chertoff at DHS and DHS Secretary James Murren & Deepak Chopra who is on NASDEQ as supplier of Rapiscan TSA machines.

Exit strategy was to create a new false flag event, Chertoff's (edit) Underwear Bomber, was a false flag to update security systems at buildings worldwide without admitting Rapiscan was a gigantic fraud, nor having to reimburse those who bought & installed the system.

I know this whole story very well. Rense article Underwear Bomber False Flag
However, Rense didn't give the radsec reasons.

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

Security Analysis of a Full-Body Scanner​

Full-body scanners (also known as “advanced imaging technology”) are used as the primary passenger screening mechanism in airports across the United States and many other countries. Despite their critical role in aviation security, these scanners have never been tested for effectiveness, privacy, or safety in a rigorous study that is independent of the manufacturers and government agency customers. This study documents the results of the first such independent evaluation of the Rapiscan Secure 1000, an X-ray backscatter machine that was deployed at TSA airport checkpoints between 2009 and 2013. In laboratory tests with a real machine, we were able to conceal guns, knives, and explosive simulants in such a way that they were not visible to the scanner operator. We also studied the cyberphysical security of the machine and were able to show how an attacker could subvert the operator console software so that it would be possible to conceal all types of contraband.

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

TSA Terminates Checkpoint X-Ray Contract With Rapiscan - Defense Daily

Just two months after awarding Rapiscan Systems a potential $67 million winner-take-all contract to provide new X-ray systems to the nation’s

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TSA Terminates Checkpoint X-Ray Contract With Rapiscan​

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By Calvin Biesecker |
8 years ago |
12/08/2013

Just two months after awarding Rapiscan Systems a potential $67 million winner-take-all contract to provide new X-ray systems to the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week terminated the contract for default.
Rapiscan’s parent company, OSI Systems [OSIS], announced the termination late on Dec. 5, adding that as a result it has de-booked the initial $60 million order. The company also said that TSA will issue a revised solicitation in the future for the Advanced Technology X-ray (AT-2), which will be used to screen carry-on bags at airport checkpoints.

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Rapiscan’s 620DV dual view AT X-Ray System. Photo: Rapiscan

Neither TSA nor OSI Systems provided specifics as to why the contract was terminated.
In a written statement, TSA said, “Through active contract management, and in line with the Federal Acquisition Regulations, TSA has terminated an order for X-ray equipment used for screening carry-on baggage, due to a violation of contractual requirements.” The statement also said that “TSA has strict requirements that all vendors must meet for security effectiveness and efficiency.”
The award to Rapiscan was under protest by Smiths Detection, part of Britain’s Smiths Group. The company protested TSA’s “best value” determination because it didn’t sufficiently factor in Smiths’ relatively lower risk and lower lifecycle solution (Defense Daily, Oct. 31). Smiths also said that its solution provides greater detection capabilities, fewer false alarms and a more efficient checkpoint.
Rapiscan had been contracted to provide 550 of its 620DV dual view AT-2 systems to TSA beginning in November through September 2014 (Defense Daily, Sept. 30). TSA said following the award in September that existing AT X-ray systems deployed at airport checkpoints have been upgraded to the same functionality as the new AT-2 systems.
In addition to Rapiscan and Smiths Detection, which have supplied TSA with most of its AT X-ray systems, L-3 Communications [LLL] has provided the agency with some of these systems.
For OSI Systems, the contract loss may not have much impact on its financial outlook as it is awaiting decisions on larger orders, particularly a foreign military sale to Iraq. Moreover, the company may yet win a share of the AT-2 under the revised solicitation. TSA has traditionally split the buys for AT systems between Rapiscan and Smiths Detection.
However, the default termination is certainly a black eye for the company. Several industry officials pointed out that it’s the second time now that TSA has canceled a contract it had with the company.
Rapiscan, along with L-3, had each been providing TSA with whole body imaging scanners, called Advanced Imaging Technology, but the agency stopped buying systems from Rapiscan and eventually removed their systems from airport checkpoints when the company couldn’t deliver on automated threat recognition technology that would enhance privacy protections for individuals.

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