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JONATHAN CHAIT NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The War Over the Body Scanners

BY TNR STAFF

It was inevitable: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing a backlash against its use of full-body scanners, or as our legal affairs editor calls them, the "dangerous naked machines," to screen airline passengers for concealed weaponry. Are they an unwarranted invasion of privacy? Are they justified in the name of security?

Click below to read TNR's arguments for and against:

"Private Security: In Defense of the 'Virtual Strip-Search,'" by Amitai Etzioni

"Nude Awakening: The Dangerous Naked Machines," by Jeffrey Rosen

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Is the headline a serious question? "Is Being Strip-Searched An Invasion of Privacy?" Uh, let me think........ These machines are a perfect symbol for our time. We demand absolute protection no matter what the cost--hey, it's someone else's money-- and imagine we'll get it. This is Security Theater on crystal meth. The terrorists have won.

- Robert Powell

November 15, 2010 at 2:37pm

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OF COURSE they threaten our privacy and so do these abusive "pat downs." I'm all for security but this? Does El Al have these things?

- Sophia

November 15, 2010 at 3:51pm

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