Drive-through backscatter x-ray scanners, coming soon to a checkpoint near you

[thewayne]

Three are already in service, one in California and two in New Mexico. Well, north of El Paso, TX, which is close enough. And which I'll have to drive through whenever I go to El Paso, unless I take 150 mile detour through Las Cruces

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[silveradept]

In their fervor to create the illusion of security, they're continuing to deploy devices that are potentially unsafe. I want to know what happens when there's a leak in the source of the radiation...