Airport body-scanner manufacturers armed for K Street battle [View All]

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http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/130439-body-scanner-manufacturers-armed-on-k-street

Companies manufacturing the airport body scanners at the center of a national controversy are well-armed on K Street to battle legislative restrictions on their technologies.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has received more than 600 complaints about the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) pat-downs and scanners, which were deemed “a virtual strip search” by Laura W. Murphy, the director of the group’s Washington legislative office.

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Linda Hall Daschle, a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration and wife of ex-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), is one of L-3’s best-connected lobbyists.

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L-3 has other lobbyists in its employ, but unlike Daschle, they are focused more on defense issues than transportation. Along with LHD, Park Strategies, including former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-N.Y.), and PRASAM are registered to lobby for the company.

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