If you traveled in the air recently, I'm sure you've come across these full body scanners they're using now. This is an extremely controversial topic, as the country is basically split 50/50 for and against this new form of security. It's either get felt up by a Transportation Security Agent or have your naked body visible to a monitor in a remote location. Some have protested the heightened security precautions, but that's up to them. The issue here is trust. Recently, a Florida courthouse leaked 100 body scans onto the internet taken by U.S. Marshall's that were very revealing. Similar body scans are taken at airport security checkpoints, which raises concern for some travelers. The TSA says it does not save images taken by the body scanner, in fact they're deleted shortly after you're finished, even if they find something suspicious.
So far, no news stories have come up that would jeopardize this statement. With that being said, some people are still skeptical and simply do not trust our government. They probably think that the government always lies to us, so why wouldn't they now? Or they believe that if U.S. Marshall's in Florida can do it, why can't the TSA? It's the travelers judgment call I suppose, but I would probably choose whichever security method is quicker, as the airport is no place to delay. Hopefully those 100 are the only and last ones that will ever end up online because no one deserves to have their civil rights violated to such a degree where their naked body ends up on the internet. Another equally controversial sub-story is the exemption of children to this new security. Some people don't want their children to be scanned or felt up because they're too young. I feel children should not be exempt because the Taliban and Al-Qaeda are animals and will not hesitate to strap a bomb to a kid in order to take a plane out of the sky. To ensure continued security in the air, I'm for these new "close" and "thorough" security upgrades.
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