$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog — How Anyone Can Get Anything Past The Scanners
March 6, 2012 tsaoutofourpants Leave a comment Go to comments
This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the
nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a
fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe (radiation what?) and non-invasive (nude pictures who?). The scanners are now
effectively worthless, as anyone can beat them with virtually no effort. The TSA has been provided this video in advance of it being made
public to give them an opportunity to turn off the scanners and revert
to the metal detectors. I personally believe they now have no choice
but to turn them off.
Please share this video with your family, friends, and most
importantly, elected officials in federal government. Make sure they
understand that your vote is contingent on them fixing the abuse that
200,000 passengers face from the TSA on a daily basis.
My legal battle against the TSA’s nude body scanner and pat-down
molestation program continues in court, soon with a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. If you’d like to donate to this effort, send PayPal to: jon [at] fourtentech.com
I’d like to thank:
Travel Underground – http://www.travelunderground.org/
Freedom to Travel USA – http://fttusa.org/
Legislators who have stood up to the TSA – especially Dr. Ron Paul & Sen. Rand Paul
…and all those who have both publicly and privately stood up to the TSA.
Add me on Twitter: @tsaoutourpants (no “of”)
Transcript:
I’m publishing this video because I want the world to
know how much danger the American Transportation Security Administration is putting all us all in with their haste to deploy the expensive,
invasive nude body scanner program. When the machines came out, we were told that the invasion on our privacy, doses of radiation, and trashing of our Constitution were necessary because the old metal detectors
weren’t good enough. That “non-metallic explosives” were a threat, even though no one has boarded a plane in the US with any type of explosive
in nearly 40 years. But while America was testing these devices, Rafi
Sela, who ran security for Ben Gurion airport in Israel, which is known
for being one of the most secure airports in the world, was quoted
saying he could “overcome the body scanners with enough explosives to
take down a Boeing 747,” and Ben Gurion therefore refused to buy
scanners. The US ignored this warning, and Mr. Sela never publicly
explained his statement. But it stuck with me.
>As a scientist, engineer, and frequent traveler, as well as the first person to sue the TSA when they rolled out the scanners as primary in
Nov. 2010, I studied and learned about both kinds of scanners currently
in use by the TSA. Here are several images produced by TSA nude body
scanners. You’ll see that the search victim is drawn with light colors
and placed on a black background in both images. In these samples, the
individuals are concealing metallic objects that you can see as a black
shape on their light figure. Again that’s light figure, black
background, and BLACK threat items. Yes that’s right, if you have a
metallic object on your side, it will be the same color as the
background and therefore completely invisible to both visual and
automated inspection.
>It can’t possibly be that easy to beat the TSA’s billion dollar fleet of nude body scanners, right? The TSA can’t be that stupid, can they?
>Unfortunately, they can, and they are. To put it to the test, I
bought a sewing kit from the dollar store, broke out my 8th grade home
ec skills, and sewed a pocket directly on the side of a shirt. Then I
took a random metallic object, in this case a heavy metal carrying case
that would easily alarm any of the “old” metal detectors, and walked
through a backscatter x-ray at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport. On video, of course. While I’m not about to win any
videography awards for my hidden camera footage, you can watch as I walk through the security line with the metal object in my new side pocket. My camera gets placed on the conveyer belt and goes through its own
x-ray, and when it comes out, I’m through, and the object never left my
pocket.
>Maybe a fluke? Ok, let’s try again at Cleveland-Hopkins
International Airport through one of the TSA’s newest machines: a
millimeter wave scanner with automated threat detection built-in. With
the metallic object in my side pocket, I enter the security line, my
device goes through its own x-ray, I pass through, and exit with the
object without any complaints from the TSA.
>While I carried the metal case empty, by one with mal-intent, it
could easily have been filled with razor blades, explosives, or one of
Charlie Sheen’s infamous 7 gram rocks of cocaine. With a bigger pocket, perhaps sewn on the inside of the shirt, even a firearm could get
through. It’s important to note that any metal object of any size can
use this technique. …and I don’t urge you to try to bring contraband
through security, as the nude body scanners often have false positives:
so while the metal on your side might get through, a button on your
shirt or a sweaty armpit might “look suspicious” and earn you a pat down anyway.
>Now, I’m sure the TSA will accuse me of aiding the terrorists by
releasing this video, but it’s beyond belief that the terrorists haven’t already figured this out and are already plotting to use this against
us. It’s also beyond belief that the TSA did not already know
everything I just told you, and arrogantly decided to disregard our
safety: anything to force Americans to give up our liberty to the
federal government and our tax dollars to companies that are in bed with that government. The nude body scanner program is nothing but a giant
fraud, which should come as no surprise after the Fast & Furious
scandal that sent thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels and cost a
Customs and Border Patrol agent his life. THIS is a disgrace. So let’s fix this problem — now — before the terrorists take this opportunity to hurt us: the TSA must immediately end the nude body scanner program,
and return to the tried-and-true metal detectors that actually work, and work without invading our privacy, as well as implement better
solutions for non-metallic explosives, such as bomb-sniffing dogs and
trace detection machines.
>The TSA is worse than ineffective: they are an epic fail placing us
all in danger. Beyond the scanners, Demand of your legislators and
presidential candidates that they get rid of this $8B a year waste known as the TSA and privatize airport security. Ask for their commitment to our rights in exchange for your vote. And no matter which party is in
the White House or holds on to Capital Hill, the issue of ending TSA
abuse is of interest to all Americans; it’s NOT a partisan issue. We
must all stand together and demand an end to the organization that
molests our families while placing us in danger by directly ignoring
blatant security flaws.
>Thank you.
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