"Air passengers who refuse to submit to a full body scan at Heathrow and Manchester airports will be barred from taking their flights from today.
The two airports started operating advanced imaging technology (AIT) scanners from noon. Birmingham airport will follow suit later this month ahead of a national rollout."
They also report the unsurprising news that the move has been
"strongly criticised by civil liberties campaigners who say the scanners are an invasion of privacy"
But the killer line is this
"Lord Adonis stressed that the interim code of practice on the use of body scanners stipulated that passengers would not be selected 'on the basis of personal characteristics'."That's this Labour government all over, more concerned with political correctness than the safety of the populace.
2 comments:
Will burqas have to be removed? - or will Muslims have a special indemnity?
Seriously, I do wonder, as I had a full-body-scan at Moscow / Sheremetyevo and had to remove my jacket, hat and shoes.
(And there was a smile on the female operator's face.)
Mike
What did she see that she found so amusing ?
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