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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

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?

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."

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.