The Airport Scanner Scam

Scan, baby, scan. That’s the mantra among politicians at all levels in the wake of the thwarted terrorist attack aboard a Detroit-bound passenger jet. According to conventional wisdom, the would-be “underwear bomber” could have been stopped by airport security if he’d been put through a full-body scanner, which would have revealed the cache of explosives attached to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s groin. Full Story »

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Glenn LaBauve
4.3
by Glenn LaBauve - Jan. 8, 2010

Give me a friendly German Shepherd any day.

At a cost of 5-10K drug/explosive dogs have a very high reliability factor, are lower maintenance, lower cost, lower disposal costs, are easier to transport to new high risk areas and are recyclable.

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