Security scanners that visually remove the clothes of passengers are to
be installed at US airports. A random selection of travelers getting ready
to board airplanes in Washington, New York, Los Angeles and other major
cities
will be shut in the glass booths while a three-dimensional image is made of
their body beneath their clothes.
The glass booths close around the passenger and emit 'millimeter waves' that pass through clothing to reveal metal, plastics, ceramics, tattoos, piercings and other body features according to the Transport Safety Authority. Although image is detailed, only security screeners sitting in another room will be able to ogle passengers clearly visible sexual organs.
Barry Steinhardt, of the American Civil Liberties Union states that, 'People have no idea how graphic the images are'.
In order to protect the passengers privacy passengers faces will be blurred ( as can be seen in these photos ) TSA authorities said.
To stop sexually charged security officers from printing themselves a copy of naked passengers for their own pleasure, images will not be stored, and can only be uploaded directly to Youtube
A TSA spokesman said: 'Once the transportation security officers have viewed the image and resolved anomalies, and taken a bathroom break, the image is erased from the screen.
The scanners are a welcome relief to the hard-working security people at airports were forced to pat down middle-aged women, the elderly, and IT managers who consider a pat down the closest thing to sex that they will receive.
Lara Uselding, a TSA spokeswoman, pointed out that passengers were not obliged to accept the new machines. "hot looking passengers can choose between the body imaging and the pat-down" she said with a smile.
