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more on Doctors warn of health risks in new airport security rules
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:13:44 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: August 10, 2006 8:00:05 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex comSubject: Re: [IP] more on Doctors warn of health risks in new airport security rules
Dave, We already know that TSA is considering x-raying passengers to see through their clothes ("don't worry, we won't look at the naughty parts, and a little extra radiation won't hurt a bit!"). Who knows what sorts of deeper intrusive inspections might come next? I used to get chuckles when I'd suggest (I thought tongue-in-cheek) that the only sure way to establish the best possible (though still imperfect) security when flying would be to fly the passengers separate from any and all baggage, and chain those passengers hand and foot naked to their seats. This doesn't sound as funny anymore. Perhaps there's a TSA study group already working along these lines (Warning: Be sure that your 18 USC 2257 record keeping requirements are in order!) Seriously, reasonable security measures are one thing. Stopping active terrorist plots before they can reach fruition is to be praised on high. But triggering this kind of overreaction is a significant part of the terrorists' agenda in the first place. Bin Laden may be laughing himself sick if he knows what's going on at U.S. airports today. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com - - - ~
Begin forwarded message: From: Brad Templeton <btm () templetons com> Date: August 10, 2006 7:24:47 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] Doctors warn of health risks in new airport security rules On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 06:50:03PM -0400, David Farber wrote:http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2296564"The TSA has said that parents must drink their babies' formula to proveit's not tainted." Ok, so if I'm a suicide terrorist, ready to blow up myself, the baby and the plane, I'm going to balk at drinking some peroxide or other toxic item in a baby formula bottle? As long as it's not going to burn my mouth or kill me within 2 hours this test is pointless and humiliating. (It's often not formula, but expressed mother's milk, which while safe to drink is not something people expect to be forced upon them.) What's next, bladder inspections? Because while it's not particularly pleasant, you can store lots of fluid in there, and with an inflatable catheter you could even do it without contamination. You don't care about the safety of it, of course. You're planning to die, after all. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lauren () pfir org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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