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Discontinued Full-Body Scanners at Airports End Up in Local Jails After Privacy Concerns

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The full-body scanners that revealed nude images to the TSA at airports now have a new home. Time reports that most of the 171 scanners have ended up in jails nationwide. Privacy advocates blasted the scanners, saying they were too revealing. The federal government let go of the scanners for much less…

TSA Disputes Embarrassing, Unethical Conduct Described by Former TSA Agent in Chicago

allan11 years ago01 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The TSA has strongly criticized a screener’s account of unethical practices, including poking fun at body-scan images, at the agency, The Los Angeles Times reports. Former TSA Agent Jason Edward Harrington wrote in Politico that TSA agents at Chicago O’Hare International Airport had low morale, targeted certain people for pat-downs and made fun…