Some 3,500 comments have been submitted to the TSA about the scanners, some of which are being replaced with devices that are said to offer greater privacy. About 1,500 comments are available for review on a government site.
Among the highlights showcased by Mother Jones:
- No to scanners. You want to see my junk? Fine. But first buy me a drink. –Jack A. Webber
- I am a stroke survivor…I am a rape survivor… I take a train or drive, because I’m not willing to put myself in the hands of people who bully and try to railroad me through machines my doctor has strictly said to stay away from. -T.A.
- I am an 82 year old Jewish woman with an artificial hip. That makes me a prime terrorist suspect according to the TSA. I need to be frisked every time I fly. That is a disgusting procedure. I doubt that Janet Napolitano would want her mother or her grandmother to be subjected to it. -Joan B. Berkowitz
- I spent over 36 years on active duty in the United States Navy. Had numerous very high security clearances and was a qualified Nuclear Weapons delivery pilot. Being “frisked” or forced into an X-ray machine and treated as a common criminal [is] disgusting to someone who dedicated a large portion of his life to the defense of the united States. –Terry Farnell Carraway
- You’re really asking us if we want you to be checking out our genitals in the name of national security? -Alec
(Hat tip to Natalie Jones for sending along the Mother Jones link).