Airport body-scanner manufacturers armed for K Street battle

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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.

more at link

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Oh..you mean Chertoff's friend who owns the company?

Nothing like going from being the head of Homeland Security to being a lobbyist for people who sell to Homeland Security.

[CreekDog]

2. I'm glad they have enough money to overpower science

:eyes:

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Translation, there is a war on

this is just telling us what one side is bringing to the ONGOING battle.

Explains the contradictory signals coming out over the last 72 hours.

[piratebay]

4. You mean Deepak Chopra, CEO of OSI who owns Rapiscansystems?

And has recently obtained no-bid contracts for airport security?


OSI Systems Chief Executive Officer Joins US Presidential Visit to India
HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that Deepak Chopra, Chairman and CEO, was selected to accompany US President, Barack Obama, to Mumbai and attended the US India Business Entrepreneurship meeting, which was held by the US India Business Council (US IBC). The goal of the meeting was to promote further trade between US and India.

And guess who Deepak supports and donates to?

http://investors.osi-systems.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=530184

How cozy.

[Mimosa]

5. Hi and welcome, Pirate Bay

But I guessed before clicking. ;)