Think you can avoid the body scans by driving? Think again.::::::::
The Mexican government's Consulate located in Los Angeles is forcing all visitors to walk through RAPISCAN body scanners. The scanners are the type where people stand against them and place their feet in the foot markers. Under a black curtain covering the back of the machine are two logos: Rapiscan.com, which provides the machines to many U.S. airports, and SafetyAct.gov , which is a U.S. government website. Oddly, both SafetyAct.gov and Rapiscan.com seem to be currently unavailable from my browser, but I have visited both websites before and their cache can be viewed using google or another search engine.
Youtube: Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles radiating pregnant women & everyone else in Rapiscan body scanners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsNFJKqAVU
No printed information or pamphlet is provided as to the safety of the body scan machines, and no opt-out' option notice is given to customers. A sign near entry to the scanners shows a a stick-figure like man and also a pregnant woman, with a check mark, indictating to customers that it is safe for pregnant women to enter the body scanners.
Two short videos of the body scanners can be seen below.
The Consolate is located at 2401 W. Sixth St ., Los Angeles, California 90057. Below is some video taken from the public sidewalk outside of the Consulate, since the back of the body scan machines are partially in view of the public from the street. The entrance to the facility is located off 6th street on S. Park View St., adjacent to MacArthur Park.
The issue of forced body scanners under the guise of security has gone viral in recent weeks in the United States, after Texas radio host and documentarian Alex Jones of Infowars.com broke the story. DrudgeReport.com featured many of Infowars and PrisonPlanet.com recent articles on the matter, launching it from the alternative media to mainstream media outlets worldwide. Full-Body Scanners to Fry Travelers With Radiation was featured late last year on infowars and covers the dangers of the body scans. Full-Body Scanners Increase Cancer Risk, originally posted by NoWorldSystem.com, was featured November 22nd. Frequent fliers and airline staff are particularly endangered by the radiation, and have rebelled: World's Pilots Reject Naked Body Scanners Over Radiation Danger, Privacy Breach.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, EPIC.org, has filed a lawsuit 'to suspend the deployment of body scanners at US airports, pending an independent review'. Their website states 'On July 2, 2010, EPIC filed a petition for review and motion for an emergency stay, urging the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to suspend the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) full body scanner program. EPIC said that the program is "unlawful, invasive, and ineffective." EPIC argued that the federal agency has violated the Administrative Procedures Act, the Privacy Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Fourth Amendment. EPIC cited the invasive nature of the devices, the TSA's disregard of public opinion, and the impact on religious freedom.'
Article, along with videos, continues here: http://www.examiner.com/la-county-libertarian-in-los-angeles/mexican-consulate-los-angeles-radiating-pregnant-women-and-everyone-else-forced-body-scanners
Also:
Reporter covering body scanners at Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles told to leave public sidewalk
Guard at the Mexican Consulate in L.A. told a reporter covering the Rapiscan body scanners to leave
Photo: Copyright Martin Hill 2010
