[anonymous246]

Are you sure there's no "permananent storage"? Who has verified that?

Second thing: there have been numerous instances of TSA workers leering at the scanner screens as people (esp attractive women) walk through. There have definitely been instances of attractive women being "randomly" selected.

If you think petty bureaucrats should have the power to leer at a curve-revealing outline of you and your loved ones in private at their whim, I'm sorry but you're just too complaisant for a strong democracy.

On a related note, how do you feel about airport toilet/shower "security" cameras with a promise that the tapes are deleted every hour? You know, just to prevent people from smoking drugs there. Airport is a public place, so it should be ok to watch you at all times, right?

[lucasjung]

There have definitely been instances of attractive women being "randomly" selected.

I saw this two days ago at DCA. I always make a note of how much the new scanners are being used--the whole time I was in line waiting to have my ID and boarding pass checked, probably about 15 minutes, not a single person was sent through them. I actually thought, "Oh, good, they're not using them today." Then, an attractive woman who was right in front of me got sent through, and the TSA agent who selected her blatantly stared at her rear after she walked past him into the machine.