Interesting article in Private Eye (8th - 21st January, page 6 top right of page).
It's about the full body scanners. It starts off by pointing out that GB has followed his leaders (the US) and announced implementation at UK airports, despite the fact that these scanners are unlikely to detect liquid or plastic explosives.
It also makes the point that in the week after the attempted bombing, a certain Michael Chertoff (Bushs ex-homeland security advisor) was telling anyone in the media that congress need fund a large scale implemention of next generation security systems, and blaming the American Civl Liberties Union for holding them back.
The said Chertoff eventually admitted (after a direct question on CNN) that his lobbying company has RapiScan (the manufacturer of the scanners in question) as a client.
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Originally Posted by rogermevans
if you just want to stop walk on bombers the best option is as i said get every one to strip put them in the white crime scene suits and give them back their stuff at the other end
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Which wouldn't stop people stuffing the components of liquid explosives in various orifices, and would actually slow getting on/off planes too much to be viable.