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Not a word (from a right-wing court) about harassment, worthless procedures, hazardous radiation, lawlessness, fake threats, or that state terrorism alone imperils everyone. More details below.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Government Pronouncements
So far, Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems operate at America's 68 largest airports, passengers opting out subjected to humiliating pat-downs. Those refusing both procedures won't fly. However, they'll be harassed, interrogated, possibly arrested, and fined up to $11,000 - for lawfully demanding their rights.
Yet Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano calls screening procedures effective for public safety, saying:
"There is a continued threat against aviation involving those who seek to smuggle powders and gels that can be used as explosives on airplanes. The new technology is designed to help us identify those individuals."
False! The above section exposed the lie, but there's more.
She also calls AIT machines (Advanced Imaging Technology) "safe, efficient, as well as strengthen newcomer privacy. They have been exclusively evaluated by (the FDA,) a National Institute of Standards as well as Technology (and) a Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who have all endorsed their safety."
False again, according to Johns Hopkins Lab spokeswoman Helen Worth, telling CNN: "That was not our role. We measured the level of radiation, which was then evaluated by the TSA."
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