TSA's X-Ray Nude Body Scanners Output 50% More Radiation Than Admitted to by TSA

Re:TSA's X-Ray Nude Body Scanners Output 50% More Radiation ... by kolev on Monday September 15, 2014 @03:31PM (#8320937)

I've never been allowed to. They always make me run them thru the X-Ray and wait in the separate line until the guy shows up... which varied between 5 and 15 minutes. Then the guy usually shows up and starts making faces and keeps reciting the rules. I told him: I'm in a hurry, I agree, I've heard this a million times already, but, no, he needs to repeat the same thing over and over again.

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Re:TSA's X-Ray Nude Body Scanners Output 50% More Radiation ... by tfe on Monday September 15, 2014 @03:36PM (#8320972)

I'd be interested to hear their response if you said "I prefer to keep my belongings with me until I can go through with them."

In fact, on occasion I've had them insist on me keeping my belongings outside the scanner. I wonder if it's a liability for them to have them back there where I can't monitor them. After all, the screenings are always conducted with your luggage in eyesight.

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Re:TSA's X-Ray Nude Body Scanners Output 50% More Radiation ... by kolev on Monday September 15, 2014 @04:05PM (#8321147)

I will try harder next time.

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