I don’t have any issues with nude photos or intrusive pat downs. They are just annoyances that I am willing to go through to catch the underwear bomber![/quote]
The GAO issued a report in April stating it was unclear whether these AIT machines would have detected the bomb used by the Christmas bomber.
That’s one of the big issues I have – they do not have any evidence or proof that these machines actually make us safer.
But Chertoff is making money – The Chertoff group has Rapiscan as one of it’s paying clients.
To Martin’s point… My husband has done a couple of architectural jobs at both SAN and PHL – he had to go through a full FAA background check to get his badge – which gave him access to the “bowels” of the airport. (One of the projects was baggage handlers.) But once he had that badge – he had access… pretty unrestricted access.
