Naked Body Scanners Scrapped By TSA
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to end its contract with Rapiscan Systems, whose airport body scanners stirred controversy because they produce a naked image of travelers that pass before their screens. Fox News reports that privacy rights activists have complained about the TSA scanners conducting a virtual strip search since they first debuted in the nation’s airports in 2007. Activists argued that strip searches without any substantial need violate basic human rights, regardless of the means. Due to
