TSA Spending $245 Million On "Second Generation" Body Scanners 335
McGruber writes "Continuing its standard practice of wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, the TSA has awarded an indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, worth up to $245 Million, to American Science and Engineering Inc. to deliver an unspecified number of 'second generation' Advanced Imaging Technology screening systems for use at U.S. airports. As previously reported, Jonathan Corbett proved that TSA's current nude-o-scopes are incapable of actually detecting hidden objects."
Abbreviation time! (Score:5, Funny)
Fly naked (Score:5, Funny)
It's the only way to be sure...
Re:Note to TSA (Score:5, Funny)
Banning passengers and crew from all flights is the only effective method.
"incapable of actually detecting hidden objects." (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah. But, hey! I mean naked
Hard to go wrong there. Or it's wrong to go hard there. Or... You know.
Re:Fly naked (Score:5, Funny)
- One lady, taking matters into her own hands, went to the airport dressed only in a bikini. She was waved through with no scan, no patdown.
- One gentleman was stopped by security and patted down. During the patdown, the actions of the agent caused his trousers to fall so his underwear was exposed. He was arrested for indecent exposure.
So a woman wearing what is practically underwear is waved through, but a man in a jumper and trousers who has the latter pulled down by an agent is arrested for indecent exposure, despite being far more clothed than the woman.
Your country is all kinds of messed up.
Better way to spend that money (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Note to TSA (Score:5, Funny)
Nope, it's actually easier than that. Simply ban all items that can be used as weapons.
Like staplers, picture frames, computer monitors, file folders, pens, pencils, paper clips, cell phones, coffee mugs, notebooks, binders, keyboards, cats, hammers, squirrels, water buffalo, car tires, lugnuts, eight sided stars, six sided stars, one sided stars (whoa), asphalt, poles, sticks, trees, crowbars, nails, screws, condoms, pregnancy tests, candy, plastic bags, corn nuts, potatoes, pesticides, garden rakes, trowels, towels, boats, hair ties, jackets, gum, highlighters, guns, earrings, necklaces.
You know what, you get the idea.
Here's a cheaper way (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Note to TSA (Score:4, Funny)
My grandmother had her knitting needles confiscated. They were afraid she's create an Afgan.