You realize, these TSA x-ray machines are nothing more then a con job

[Timmy5835]

These new x-ray machines are not all that reliable, missing many explosive substances. Their is however something that is proven 100% reliable. bomb sniffing dogs. But since there is a boat load of money to be made by the elites on this x-ray boondoggle you'll never see the logical, sensible happen. So if you think this is really about your traveling safety think again. This is ALL about making a buck and throwing in a little fear and control in for good measure.

[obxhead]

1. I would like to see a link that shows dogs are 100% nt

[LaurenG]

2. Nothing is100% and never will be. nt

[Timmy5835]

3. Here ya go........

http://www.diag-nose.com/explosive_detections_dogs.html

[obxhead]

4. Excellent ratio of detection to false alarms (positives and negatives)

I would like to know what "excellent" translates to in hard numbers.

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with your post, but I know for an absolute fact dogs are not 100% in finding anything. I know that drug dogs have about a 55% false positive rate though, hardly a glowing endorsement to protect us from unwarranted search and seizure.

[CoffeeCat]

5. Here's the key: Michael Chertoff. It's a scam. Big time.

Fact: Michael Chertoff owns a security consulting firm, The Chertoff Group.

Fact: A prominent client of The Chertoff Group is Rapiscan, the company that
manufactures the full-body scanning machines used in the airports.

Important to note: There are two companies that manufacture these full-body x-ray
machines. Rapiscan, and L-3 Communications. Our government has purchased at least
at least 200 of these machines. The government purchased $25 million worth of the
machines last summer.

Nice little payoff, huh? The elites, the criminals and the greedmongers are using
our government as their own little enrichment playground. Plain and simple. That's
what all of this is about.

There are many sources for this information, here is one of them:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/01/02/group_slams_chertoff_on_scanner_promotion/

[KeepItReal]

6. What ever happened to those "puffer" machines that sniffed for explosives

I remember walking through them a few times at the airport.

They just disappeared... Did the government get a refund? I think not.

[Glassunion]

9. Simple... Follow the money

Who is now employed by or invested in the puffer machine technology? Um... Can't find anyone.

Who is now employed by or invested in the x-ray machine technology? See below...
Employed in the x-ray technology field:
Fmr Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-N.Y.)
Fmr Appropriations staffer Kraig Siracuse
Susan Carr, a former senior legislative aide to Rep. David Price, D-N.C., chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee
Tom Blank, a former deputy administrator for the TSA
Chad Wolf, a former assistant administrator at TSA and an aide to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who sits on the Transportation and Defense subcommittees of Appropriations.
former Rep. Bud Cramer is also an AS&E lobbyist -- he sat on the Defense and Transportation subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee.

Invested money in the x-ray technology field:
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Rep. Michael Castle (R-Del)
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas)
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.)
Rep. Robert Scott (D-Va.)
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)

[DavidDvorkin]

7. The TSA is a con job

It adds nothing to security.

[Riftaxe]

8. They would only be a con job, if you

were foolish enough to think that they are only looking for explosives, but no one is that dumb...

However; in my opinion they are to invasive and really should not be on the front line of screening, regardless of the Administrations claims (a few of which concerning these machines, have already been proven false).