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Many people feel like their privacy is being invaded when going through airport security and sometimes refuse cause they don't want ttheir image to be released to the internet. There are a few points security has made stating why these scanners are the best yet

This article is about whether or not the full-body searches the airport conducts is a violation of the fourth amendment. The airport has to provide safety to it's passengers and staff, but is a complete thorough search necessary?

A Virginia man won a trial in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained on a disorderly conduct charge. his first case was lost but his second one was won.

published Aprl. 15, 2012 ; how the TSA can elimate the banned item list and become a little more fluid in the items they disallow to carry.

It is broke. I think we should look at the way Israel handles their airport security.

I looked up how Israel handles with airport security & find this news article: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/whats_so_great_about_israeli_security.html Sadly, I was not aware of Israel's security. However, I relate to this a great deal since this past May & June I went to Afghanistan - and I was traveling with an Afghan citizen. I understand why they would be more cautious. Our coming back flight stopped in Dubai and we expected to have problems coming into the USA, but we also faced issues in Amsterdam. We were questioned a little longer than the other people - almost missed the flight because of it, twice - in Amsterdam & in the USA to coming to Phoenix. However, it did not bother us - we knew we would face issues. I don't even know how many times I was x-rayed - or how much time we spent talking to officials a little longer than everyone else and it happened everywhere we stopped, not only in the USA! I agree with these terms of not being so strict when leaving the USA, but coming back I could understand why the security was a little tighter.

The TSA believes that with the advancements of installing Document scanners so that security can be much more advanced at U.S. airports. These scanners are meant to ensure the safety of other passengers and do not allow fraud passports and documents to board the planes. TSA employees will use the machines to verify boarding passes and passenger identification such as drivers' licenses.

do the airport security measures invade your privacy? Are the body scanners and pat downs necessary? Will we ever have our freedom to travel back?

How uncomfortable are you to have a full body scan to get onto an airplane? Does the radiation effect peoples health. This touches on these issues.

Thomas Sawyer, a retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., was left humiliated at the airport, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Sawyer recently survived from bladder cancer and was required to wear special devices called urostomy bag. The bag was picked up by the scanner machines where he was forced to take his pants off.

date 11/16/2010. editorial stating the writers views that only a small minority are complaining how the tsa conducts their searches without offering any constructive alternatives. The last paragraph of the editorial is important, the writer states " But before a vocal minority forces the issue, everyone needs to calm down and remember that the security-line indignities are a necessary byproduct of an era in which terrorists remain fixated on blowing jetliners out of the sky."

article dated 11/17/2010- editorial discussing how the TSA is violating human rights and not fully disclosing the hassards of the body scanners. A israeli airport security expert was quoted "I can overcome the Body scanners with enough explosives to bring down a Boeing 747."

This article is about a new technology for the ferderal side of fighting crime. A new x-ray machine will be operational at sky harbor Airport. I don't feel that it is invading my privacy and i would do go through it myself, but for allot of other people i see this an a big issue!