Congress to probe safety of TSA backscatters?

[aurora]

Well, there's nothing like mass implementation (at high cost) prior to verifying safety!

[pixy0stix]

My coffee deprived brain read the doctor's name as Dr. Death.

[wawa]

Do the staff operating those things have to wear a dosimeter?

[meshaliuknits]

Aug 29, 2012 9:23:15 GMT -5 wawa said:

Do the staff operating those things have to wear a dosimeter?

I don't believe so. I wanna say I heard that the TSA union was pushing for them.

[wawa]

Aug 29, 2012 9:41:01 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Aug 29, 2012 9:23:15 GMT -5 wawa said:

Do the staff operating those things have to wear a dosimeter?

No. And they don't have to have any one on staff who regularly checks the calibration of the machines.

this just seems ill-advised.

[Deleted]

Aug 29, 2012 9:44:32 GMT -5 wawa said:

Aug 29, 2012 9:41:01 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

No. And they don't have to have any one on staff who regularly checks the calibration of the machines.

this just seems ill-advised.

Ill advised? The TSA? Surely not! lol

[wawa]

Aug 29, 2012 9:46:32 GMT -5 @reeve said:

Aug 29, 2012 9:44:32 GMT -5 wawa said:

this just seems ill-advised.

Ill advised? The TSA? Surely not! lol

I suppose it was a bit of an understatement.

[meshaliuknits]

I wonder how often OSHA inspects TSA. Not regularly checking the calibration of something that puts out radiation seems like the kind of thing they'd frown upon.

[ttt]

Aug 29, 2012 9:23:15 GMT -5 wawa said:

Do the staff operating those things have to wear a dosimeter?

They are actually not *allowed* to wear dosimeters.

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Aug 29, 2012 9:57:23 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Aug 29, 2012 9:47:52 GMT -5 wawa said:

I suppose it was a bit of an understatement.

But it was understatement for effect. I totally got it. Reeve is British. If you wanted him to think it was funny, you should have included a picture of Mr. Bean with your post.

lol, you forget, I have been in the USA for a few years. I knew wawa was being deliberately understated, and I enjoyed it immensely, hence adding to it.
Mr Bean sucks bum. Blackadder on the other hand, is as close to a god as I can get lol....

[epphd]

Not to mention that the ezporn oven doesn't guarantee you won't be freedom groped anyway. DH was in Logan a couple of weeks ago and went through the oven, then was pulled aside and asked to (as he recounts it with a thick, South Boston accent) "Gather your property and come with me; there's an anomaly in your groin area."

And then his junk was manhandled, literally, before he was allowed to go.

Yay freedom.

[ttt]

Aug 29, 2012 11:37:28 GMT -5 epphd said:

Not to mention that the ezporn oven doesn't guarantee you won't be freedom groped anyway. DH was in Logan a couple of weeks ago and went through the oven, then was pulled aside and asked to (as he recounts it with a thick, South Boston accent) "Gather your property and come with me; there's an anomaly in your groin area."

Are you sure you didn't wander onto the set of a porn movie? Because that's totally what this sounds like.

But I'm guessing that the TSA agent who did this wasn't nearly as hot as he should have been for a porn movie.

[meshaliuknits]

Aug 29, 2012 11:37:28 GMT -5 epphd said:

Not to mention that the ezporn oven doesn't guarantee you won't be freedom groped anyway. DH was in Logan a couple of weeks ago and went through the oven, then was pulled aside and asked to (as he recounts it with a thick, South Boston accent) "Gather your property and come with me; there's an anomaly in your groin area."

And then his junk was manhandled, literally, before he was allowed to go.

Yay freedom.

Did he reply "Nah, baby, that's alllll me."

[wawa]

Aug 29, 2012 11:37:28 GMT -5 epphd said:

come with me; there's an anomaly in your groin area."

that's what she said.

[epphd]

Seriously, I almost got myself fired over this: I was in a meeting with my boss when his text came through. Knowing he was traveling, I sneaked a peak at it - all I saw was "detained by TSA" so I looked again, read the whole thing, and started laughing out loud. Thankfully my boss thought it was hysterical - but in showing it to her I probably violated the sexual harassment policies six different ways.

[druidp]

First, I think "probe" and "TSA" should never appear in a sentence together.

Of course I hope they just scrap these altogether, since it essentially treats citizens like terrorists.

[ttt]

Aug 29, 2012 12:47:36 GMT -5 druidp said:

First, I think "probe" and "TSA" should never appear in a sentence together.

Of course I hope they just scrap these altogether, since it essentially treats citizens like terrorists.

Considering the millions that are made by the companies who manufacture and sell these machines, I'd say these are not going away, probably ever.

That's really what this is all about.