Napolitano: Scanners are safe, pat-downs discreet

[sunshine05]

What a stupid, ignorant moron >:(





USA TODAY OPINION


By Janet Napolitano
Nearly a year after a thwarted terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound airliner last Christmas Day, the recent attempt by terrorists to conceal and ship explosive devices aboard aircraft bound for the United States reminds us that al-Qaeda and those inspired by its ideology are determined to strike our global aviation system and are constantly adapting their tactics for doing so.

Our best defense against such threats remains a risk-based, layered security approach that utilizes a range of measures, both seen and unseen, including law enforcement, advanced technology, intelligence, watch-list checks and international collaboration.

This layered approach to aviation security is only as strong as the partnerships upon which it is built. In addition to the more than 50,000 trained transportation security officers, transportation security inspectors, behavior detection officers and canine teams who are on the front lines guarding against threats to the system, we rely on law enforcement and intelligence agencies across the federal government. We require airlines and cargo carriers to carry out specific tasks such as the screening of cargo and passengers overseas. We work closely with local law enforcement officers in airports throughout the country.

And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy.

As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. These machines are now in use at airports nationwide, and the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures.

AIT machines are safe, efficient, and protect passenger privacy. They have been independently evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who have all affirmed their safety. And the weapons and other dangerous and prohibited items we've found during AIT screenings have illustrated their security value time and again.

Rigorous privacy safeguards are also in place to protect the traveling public. All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images.

If an anomaly is detected during screening with AIT, if an alarm occurs after a passenger goes through a walk-through metal detector, or if a passenger opts out of either of these screening methods, we use pat-downs to help detect hidden and dangerous items like the one we saw in the failed terrorist attack last Christmas Day.

Pat-downs have long been one of the many security measures used by the U.S. and countries across the world to make air travel as secure as possible. They're conducted by same-gender officers, and all passengers have the right to request private screening and have a traveling companion present during the screening process.

In the last two weeks we have also implemented a number of measures to strengthen our defenses against an attack using cargo shipments to the U.S.

The deployment of this technology and the implementation of these measures represent the evolution of our national security architecture, an evolution driven by intelligence, risk and a commitment to be one step ahead of those who seek to do us harm.

To fulfill the important role we ask of American travelers, and to be prepared at the security checkpoint this holiday season, be ready to remove everything from your pockets prior to screening. If you have a hidden medical device, bring it to the officer's attention before screening. We'll be better able to help expedite your screening that way.

As always, we also ask the traveling public to be on the lookout for unattended bags or suspicious activity. Alert travelers have helped thwart plots and crimes in the past, and we encourage everyone to remain vigilant during a time when we know our enemies would like to strike. If you see something suspicious, report it to an airport security official or law enforcement.

Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day.

We face a determined enemy. Our security depends on us being more determined and more creative to adapt to evolving threats. It relies upon a multi-layered approach that leverages the strengths of our international partners, the latest intelligence, and the patience and vigilance of the American traveling public.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-11-15-column15_ST1_N.htm

[RJB]

It's good to see that the vast majority of readers comments on this MSM site are calling her on this. I remember right after 9/11 at least half the people would have agreed with her. Maybe there is hope...

[Filthy Keynes]

I wonder if she's a dyke. The looks like she "plays the man" in a relationship.

[Olmstein]

What a stupid, ignorant moron

She's actually a very smart woman. She knows damn good and well that she is lying about these screening methods, but she's a lawyer and a politician, and lying is her job.

[BrewTech]

What a stupid, ignorant moron

Methinks not so much. I tend to agree with what Olmstein has to say about her...

She's actually a very smart woman. She knows damn good and well that she is lying about these screening methods, but she's a lawyer and a politician, and lying is her job.

I think it is important not to underestimate the folks whose job it is to officially lie to the masses. If you'll notice, a large number of people believe these jerks when they say something, and that's no accident - that is skill. I don't think stupidity is the root of the garbage that spews forth from these people. You might ask yourself what makes these people so believable to the masses? What are they doing that makes them so effective?

[Glass]

Nude airport scanners 'may be dangerous': scientists

November 15, 2010

US scientists have warned that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners being used to screen passengers and airline crews at airports around the country may be unsafe.

"They say the risk is minimal, but statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays," Dr Michael Love, who runs an X-ray lab at the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at Johns Hopkins University school of medicine, told AFP on Friday.

"No exposure to X-ray is considered beneficial. We know X-rays are hazardous, but we have a situation at the airports where people are so eager to fly that they will risk their lives in this manner," he said.

The possible health dangers posed by the scanners add to passengers and airline crews' concerns about the devices, which have been dubbed "naked" scanners because of the graphic image they give of a person's body, genitalia and all.

A regional airline pilot last month refused to go through one of the scanners, calling it an "assault on my person" and a violation of his right to privacy.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began rolling out full-body scanners at US airports in 2007, but stepped up deployment of the devices this year when stimulus funding made it possible to buy another 450 of the advanced imaging technology scanners.

A group of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) raised concerns about the "potential serious health risks" from the scanners in a letter sent to the White House Office of Science and Technology in April.

Biochemist John Sedat and his colleagues said in the letter that most of the energy from the scanners is delivered to the skin and underlying tissue.

"While the dose would be safe if it were distributed throughout the volume of the entire body, the dose to the skin may be dangerously high," they wrote.


Full article..... (http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/nude-airport-scanners-may-be-dangerous-scientists-20101115-17t9m.html)

[Cebu_4_2]

We need an anti beauty contest of these folks...

http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/wp-content/gallery/random/nancy_pelosi_0.jpg

http://chicksontheright.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hillary.jpg

[MAGNES]

What a stupid, ignorant moron

She's actually a very smart woman. She knows damn good and well that she is lying about these screening methods, but she's a lawyer and a politician, and lying is her job.


You forgot evil .

Drudge I give great credit to,
they are responsible for her responses,
nobody cared, since last week Drudge did
a number on TSA, total workout on them.
Millions read, all inside beltway read.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2n7matw.jpg

[willie pete]

it reminds me of a hog and if its so adamant about safety and security, why didn't it do more to stop the infiltration of illegals when it was governor of AZ

[madfranks]

the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures.

Lies.


AIT machines are safe, efficient, and protect passenger privacy.

Lies.


All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public.

Lies.


The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images.

Lies.


Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day.

Lies.

MAGNES is right, this program and those who enacted it are EVIL and don't delude yourself into thinking anything less of it. It is designed to suppress, harass, molest and dominate every last one of us into submission.

[Olmstein]

it reminds me of a hog and if its so adamant about safety and security, why didn't it do more to stop the infiltration of illegals when it was governor of AZ


IIRC, When Janet was governor of AZ, she did nothing but complain about the FedGov failing to secure the border. Now that she is in charge of the DHS, she seems to have forgotten about all that.

[keehah]

http://www.betterfarming.com/online-news/animals-safe-now-says-pork-producer-2374

Yesterday Haldimand County Hydro shut off power to Napolitanos’ pig barns. The farmer refused offers of help from the Ontario Farm Animal Council and Ontario Pork to either sell his pigs or euthanize them.

Napolitano hopes federal government backed loans for pork producers will be available in a couple of weeks. In early October, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced the loans will be available at some financial institutions “based on viable business plans.”

With a federally backed loan, “we should be in good shape for a while,” Napolitano says.

The Welland and District SPCA is comfortable with the situation says manager Obama. “Our interest here is that the animals don’t unnecessarily suffer.”

[willie pete]

"The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images."

wasn't too long ago it was reported that about 800 images of passengers and children got out somehow...seems like it happened in the NE

[learn2swim]

What a stupid, ignorant moron

She's actually a very smart woman. She knows damn good and well that she is lying about these screening methods, but she's a lawyer and a politician, and lying is her job.


You forgot evil .

Drudge I give great credit to,
they are responsible for her responses,
nobody cared, since last week Drudge did
a number on TSA, total workout on them.
Millions read, all inside beltway read.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2n7matw.jpg


Actually, Drudge got it from Alex Jones (Drudge was linking into AJ's website.). But, yes, Drudge has a bigger effect.

[1970 silver art]

Of course scannners are safe. Everybody knows that. :sarc: :sarc: :sarc:

Since I never will go to an airport , then I do not have to worry about going through any TSA airport security scannners. I will NEVER get on an airplane. Driving is my method of getting from point A to point B regardless of how long it takes.

[sunshine05]

Of course scannners are safe. Everybody knows that. :sarc: :sarc: :sarc:

Since I never will go to an airport , then I do not have to worry about going through any TSA airport security scannners. I will NEVER get on an airplane. Driving is my method of getting from point A to point B regardless of how long it takes.





The problem is this could just be the beginning and we may soon find these scanners everywhere. You will not be able to avoid them. Since the Patriot Act, of all things this is definitely their boldest move. We can't allow it.

[mamboni]

What a stupid, ignorant moron >:(





USA TODAY OPINION


By Janet Napolitano


...


AIT machines are safe, efficient, and protect passenger privacy. They have been independently evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who have all affirmed their safety. And the weapons and other dangerous and prohibited items we've found during AIT screenings have illustrated their security value time and again.

Rigorous privacy safeguards are also in place to protect the traveling public. All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images.

If an anomaly is detected during screening with AIT, if an alarm occurs after a passenger goes through a walk-through metal detector, or if a passenger opts out of either of these screening methods, we use pat-downs to help detect hidden and dangerous items like the one we saw in the failed terrorist attack last Christmas Day.


....


http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-11-15-column15_ST1_N.htm


The machines may be unsafe: “On August 6, 2010, three U.S. Senators objected to the DHS’s expansion of the airport body scanner program. In a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Senators Collins (R-ME), Burr (R-NC), and Coburn (R-OK) asked "why the Department continues to purchase this technology when legitimate concerns about its safety appear to remain unanswered." […] The Senators noted that "the issue of radiation associated with the backscatter x-ray AIT machines has not been adequately addressed by TSA." They urged the agency's Chief Medical Officer, working with independent experts, to conduct a review of the health effects on travelers and airport personnel.”

http://www.fastcompany.com/1700811/ralph-nader-and-epic-take-on-full-body-airport-scanners


Another lying hypocritical self-serving government tool. What else is new? :oo-->

[Twisted Titan]

It's good to see that the vast majority of readers comments on this MSM site are calling her on this. I remember right after 9/11 at least half the people would have agreed with her. Maybe there is hope...


when the next 9/11 happens they will agree again

[Twisted Titan]

What a stupid, ignorant moron

Methinks not so much. I tend to agree with what Olmstein has to say about her...

She's actually a very smart woman. She knows damn good and well that she is lying about these screening methods, but she's a lawyer and a politician, and lying is her job.

I think it is important not to underestimate the folks whose job it is to officially lie to the masses. If you'll notice, a large number of people believe these jerks when they say something, and that's no accident - that is skill. I don't think stupidity is the root of the garbage that spews forth from these people. You might ask yourself what makes these people so believable to the masses? What are they doing that makes them so effective?








Profile of the Sociopath


Glibness and Superficial Charm


Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.


Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."


Pathological Lying
Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.

Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.

Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.


Incapacity for Love


Need for Stimulation
Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common.


Callousness/Lack of Empathy
Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.


Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.


Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency
Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet "gets by" by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.


Irresponsibility/Unreliability
Not concerned about wrecking others' lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.

Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity
Promiscuity, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts.


Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle
Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor work ethic but exploits others effectively.


Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility
Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other Related Qualities:

Contemptuous of those who seek to understand them
Does not perceive that anything is wrong with them
Authoritarian
Secretive
Paranoid
Only rarely in difficulty with the law, but seeks out situations where their tyrannical behavior will be tolerated, condoned, or admired Conventional appearance
Goal of enslavement of their victim(s)
Exercises despotic control over every aspect of the victim's life
Has an emotional need to justify their crimes and therefore needs their victim's affirmation (respect, gratitude and love)
Ultimate goal is the creation of a willing victim
Incapable of real human attachment to another
Unable to feel remorse or guilt
Extreme narcissism and grandiose
May state readily that their goal is to rule the world

(The above traits are based on the psychopathy checklists of H. Cleckley and R. Hare.)

[1970 silver art]

Of course scannners are safe. Everybody knows that. :sarc: :sarc: :sarc:

Since I never will go to an airport , then I do not have to worry about going through any TSA airport security scannners. I will NEVER get on an airplane. Driving is my method of getting from point A to point B regardless of how long it takes.





The problem is this could just be the beginning and we may soon find these scanners everywhere. You will not be able to avoid them. Since the Patriot Act, of all things this is definitely their boldest move. We can't allow it.




Yeah you are probably right Sunshine05 but I will do my very best to avoid them whenever possible. If it gets to a point where they are everywhere and I am not able to avoid them, then oh well...........

[Spectrism]

I wonder if she's a dyke. The looks like she "plays the man" in a relationship.


Well, if that's how you figure it, I wonder if she is a toad.



I heard something today... actually read it. These scanners are supposedly made by GE. I would not be surprised as GE is linked into the controlling scumballs.

[Libertytree]

Of course scannners are safe. Everybody knows that. :sarc: :sarc: :sarc:

Since I never will go to an airport , then I do not have to worry about going through any TSA airport security scannners. I will NEVER get on an airplane. Driving is my method of getting from point A to point B regardless of how long it takes.





The problem is this could just be the beginning and we may soon find these scanners everywhere. You will not be able to avoid them. Since the Patriot Act, of all things this is definitely their boldest move. We can't allow it.




Yeah you are probably right Sunshine05 but I will do my very best to avoid them whenever possible. If it gets to a point where they are everywhere and I am not able to avoid them, then oh well...........


This is only the beginning, bank on it..Chertoff has/is. According to wiki-answers "According to government issued databases, there are about 14000 airports in the U.S. Of those only about 5000 have paved runways. And out of that 5000, there are only 376 that have regularly scheduled airline service. " That's not really a very broad marketplace on its own but start adding every courthouse, gov building, public gathering sites and private sales, etc.., now we're starting to rake in some big time cash.

This is just to get people broke in and used to being handled like animals, more of the slow boil. There's only 2-3 ways I see of nippin' this BS in the bud, (1) everyone boycott flying for a week because of it (2) start flying half nekkid (3) find the weakness in the machinery and start throwin' monkey wrenches ;D

[1970 silver art]

Of course scannners are safe. Everybody knows that. :sarc: :sarc: :sarc:

Since I never will go to an airport , then I do not have to worry about going through any TSA airport security scannners. I will NEVER get on an airplane. Driving is my method of getting from point A to point B regardless of how long it takes.





The problem is this could just be the beginning and we may soon find these scanners everywhere. You will not be able to avoid them. Since the Patriot Act, of all things this is definitely their boldest move. We can't allow it.




Yeah you are probably right Sunshine05 but I will do my very best to avoid them whenever possible. If it gets to a point where they are everywhere and I am not able to avoid them, then oh well...........


This is only the beginning, bank on it..Chertoff has/is. According to wiki-answers "According to government issued databases, there are about 14000 airports in the U.S. Of those only about 5000 have paved runways. And out of that 5000, there are only 376 that have regularly scheduled airline service. " That's not really a very broad marketplace on its own but start adding every courthouse, gov building, public gathering sites and private sales, etc.., now we're starting to rake in some big time cash.

This is just to get people broke in and used to being handled like animals, more of the slow boil. There's only 2-3 ways I see of nippin' this BS in the bud, (1) everyone boycott flying for a week because of it (2) start flying half nekkid (3) find the weakness in the machinery and start throwin' monkey wrenches ;D


That is an easy one for me. I just will not fly period. For the people who have to fly, then option # 3 seems like the best option IMO. The sheeple frogs are feeling the water temperature go up in the gov't "pot". This airport scannning machine and groping of private parts are just the most recent examples of the gov't turning up the heat of the water in the gov't "pot" in its attempt to boil the sheeple frogs.

[Mouse]

everyone should get a set of ben wa balls (or brass if you can get them) and stick em in your underwear, opt out and get searched. They will have so many bomb threat freak outs that all airports will be shut down, no crimes committed by anyone and you can bet the airlines will start calling reps.

Throw the wrench, show your nuts. Put brass in your underwear and shut down terminal after terminal.

Edit: Seriously, this would completely fuck up TSA, if everyone put enough metal of any harmless kind in their underwear, bras, etc. Even if you went through metal detector and set it off they would have to find out what the hell is the metal? You would force them to strip search you. And they would find big old brass balls that would make them clear a terminal. And no crime committed. This is really a pretty good idea. I just ran out of beer.

Still kind of a good idea :)

[BrewTech]

It's good to see that the vast majority of readers comments on this MSM site are calling her on this. I remember right after 9/11 at least half the people would have agreed with her. Maybe there is hope...


when the next 9/11 happens they will agree again


That was kind of my thinking...

The GOP (Neocons) act pissed and get the TSA to "back off" (nudge nudge wink wink), then a nice little event happens, and they can scream loudly about how WE TOLD YOU SO, and that will end mainstream dissent against whatever "security measures" the TSA (and all other ABC agencies) decide to take thereafter.

SOP, pretty much.