Lie: The scanners are safe
Lie: The scanners are effective
Lie: The scanners cannot store/print/transmit images
Lie: Pat-downs are “discreet”
Lie: “Risk based” security procedure
Lie: The scanners are popular with the public
Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
Monday, Nov 15th, 2010
Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano, now forever known as Big Sis – a reference to George Orwell’s 1984 – has been caught telling some big lies in an attempt to quell an enormous public backlash against the full body scanning technology and invasive pat-down procedures that have been implemented by the TSA in airports nationwide.
In a blatant propaganda piece published by USA Today, Napolitano describes the scanning machines as safe and the pat-downs as “discreet”, in the face of a flood of complaints from scientists, pilots, flight attendants, privacy groups, parents, Muslim groups and everyday passengers, all rebelling against over the top security.
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