Body Scans and Pat Downs - Animated Version

[lxskllr]

Take a train. That's what I plan on doing. It takes longer, but train's a cool way to travel. You get to see the countryside.

[CoderGuy]

Here's the thing that bothers me, that no one seems to be addressing:

TSA administrator claims new body scanners emit as much radiation as three minutes of air travel

New airport security measures are coming under fire from pilots and passengers, who fear the latest post-9/11 protocols are too invasive and potentially harmful.

You've probably seen the stories. The Transportation Security Administration's new full-body scanners, which are in use at 68 airports nationwide, transfer a potentially harmful amount of radiation and produce what amounts to a naked image, critics say. And the alternative to the scan, an embarrassing pat down, may be even worse.

Pilots' unions oppose the measures, as do an increasing number of passengers -- who feel the federal government has taken things too far.

PolitiFact can't weigh in on that. But we can explore the safety concerns about the full-body scan.

Particularly, we found worth analyzing the defense mounted by John Pistole, head of the TSA. During a Nov. 16, 2010, interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Pistole said the "radiation coming from those machines are equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet." The TSA, on its website, says the radiation emitted from the body scan is equivalent to just two minutes of a plane flight.
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I fly about 7900 minutes per year, how much radiation am I getting?


http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...nners-emit-mu/

[Bigblue1]

With all due respect Blue, i feel you are oversimplifying the taliban's stance on opium cultivation. The taliban has allowed and dissalowed opium production for various reasons. Even in 2000 afghanistan produced 75% of the worlds opium, though it is much higher now, because the taliban authorises it even though muslims are not allowed to use it. The heathens in the west use it and therefore the taliban sells it to finance their operations.

They do not grow it themselves, rather they have an elaborate tax system by which they take their cut from local farmers. At times they have even issued decrees that opium production is to cease, but then they allow a small amount of growers to continue cultivating it, hence creating a shortage and raising the price.

US troops then defend the opium industry because for many afghans it is their only way or earning a living, as opium farmers. By destroying them we destroy the local population and that hurts one of our major goals which is winning the hearts and minds of the people. Therefore us troops are once again caught in a lose/lose situation where we inevitably play into the hand the taliban wants.


It is not so simple as saying the taliban doesnt allow it, or that the us is letting it happen on purpose. This is a large industry that is integral to the economy of their nation, and therefore a delicate and complicated matter which is often oversimplified for political purpose.

I believe your wrong, and once I wake up tomorrow I will find sources, and it doesn't even matter, Our troops should not be protecting poppy fields, for any reason..... with all due respect brother.

[Roo]

The problem is that the poppy-growers know a hell of a lot about the Taliban's intentions and operations. They are, for all intents and purposes, double agents, and that makes the value of their lives extremely dangerous, and valuable the US army.