House GOP moves to end money for new body scanners

(05-12) 14:04 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- House Republicans controlling the Transportation Security Administration's purse strings are moving to cut off new money for those advanced airport scanners that have sparked outrage over their revealing images of travelers' bodies.

Draft legislation released by the Appropriations homeland security subcommittee denies the Obama administration's $76 million request for an additional 275 scanners, which many travelers dislike because TSA personnel can view full body images of travelers.

Rep. Robert Aderholt said his move was sparked more by budgetary factors than protests from privacy advocates. It wouldn't affect the 500 machines already in place at the nation's 450 airports — or the 500 recently funded.

The House voted last year to cut off money for the machines, but the administration and the Senate refused to go along.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/05/12/national/w140423D24.DTL#ixzz1MB66vw00

the Republican train wreck derails something that really does need to fall down a canyon.

Now they'll have to get real jobs...

The Obama Administration wants to spend more millions on invasive, anti-privacy, unnecessary, police-state technology. The GOP -- usually at the forefront of police-state tactics -- opposes that because they oppose Obama.

Good.

Now, if only the GOP could slow down Obama's ongoing Drug War for the same reason.

You know that's what they'd be saying if the roles were reversed.

Yes, it's that cynical.

Let them have this one.

although sort of sick-making that they have to clarify it is not for privacy reasons.

SOMEONE needs to stop them.

They should reduce the number for x-rays too. In fact, they shouldn't allow dentists to make it mandatory.