Humm...first the government tried thermovision on the home and now it's trying clothes-stripping x-ray machines at the airport. What did Justice Scalia say about this type of technology in Kyllo?
Where, as here, the Government uses a device that is not in general public use, to explore details of the home that would previously have been unknowable without physical intrusion, the surveillance is a “search” and is presumptively unreasonable without a warrant.Don't worry, according to TSA, the x-ray is "100% voluntary." Well, that's not exactly true. If you fail the standard metal-detector test you then have a choice between a pat-down search or the clothes-stripping x-ray machine. I'm not sure which is more intrusive, a TSA employee running his or her hand up and down every square inch of my body or a quick x-ray that reveals my "body's contours with blush-inducing clarity" that will probably be saved and filed somewhere just like my fingerprints (though the article indicates that the images can't be saved).
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No doubt, some 'perverted' employees may try and use this machine to their advantage. I can see this happening... however, I would take the machine rather than the pat down. And I guess, they could take advantage of the pat-down if they wanted as well. So, the airports would just have to be careful as to who they hire... and fire offending party's.
Not sure if I can believe that the image can't be saved... I guess they wouldn't need to save the image, yet. However, next time they arrest someone because the x-ray showed a weapon, how can they prove that the x-ray showed a weapon? Only if they keep images of the x-ray. So, I suspect in the future they WILL obviously allow the machine to save the images. Scary, this all is!
How ironic that some people are still complaining about the existence of X-ray machine. In some third world countries, either these are not existing or not functioning due to power outage. In cases where these are non-existent, the checking are done manually and you can just imagine how inconvenient this scheme.
Thank you for the update. I always look forward to family-related matters since I’m presently working on some case against one or two family members. It’s quite difficult because the law doesn’t consider emotions yet when it comes to family-related issues, emotions are always there.
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