Feeling lonely? TSA will pat you down

Feeling lonely? TSA will pat you down


any publicity is good publicity, then the TSA, airports across the nation, and body scanner manufacturers must be flying high. Today, one of the busiest travel days of the year, all eyes are on travelers to see whether or not they will cause delays by participating in the protest against the TSA. It is dubbed the "National Opt Out Day," and it has created a media firestorm. But is all the hysteria really justified? Or is the press more outraged than the actual passengers?

Naked truth behind naked body scanners

Naked truth behind naked body scanners

John Tyner, a California man, became a national sensation when he recorded his encounter during an airport security pat down. After the exchange was recorded on his cell phone, Tyner uploaded the video and shortly after - it went viral. The mainstream media had a field day, reporting the pros and cons of body scanning machines and patdowns in the name of security. But one question they failed to ask is: who is behind the push for the body scanners? Turns out, former secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, now runs a security and risk management firm and one of his clients is Rapiscan, one of the biggest manufacturers of body scanning machines in the country. While the mainstream media continues to interview Chertoff about the value of body scanning machines, they fail to point out that he can benefit from the implementation of the machines