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"Three days ago, engineer and blogger Jonathan Corbett posted a video on YouTube detailing how he was able to get a small metal case past the Transportation and Security Administration's (TSA) controversial nude body scanners, not once, but twice.\r\n\r\nSince then, the\u00A0TSA has responded to the video with a\u00A0blog post\u00A0of its own,\u00A0with a stunning display of arrogance and failing to address the issues at hand.\r\n\r\nIn the video, Corbett quotes an Israeli security expert saying, &amp;quot;I can overcome them [body scanners] with enough explosives to bring down a Boeing 747.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nRather than explain what Corbett has to say about the scanners, check out the video and accompanying blog post for yourself.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNow that you've seen the accusations leveled at the TSA by Corbett, we'd like to direct your attention to the TSA's official response.\r\n\r\nPosted on The TSA Blog, &amp;quot;Blogger Bob Burns&amp;quot; does a great job not actually addressing the issue whatsoever.\r\n\r\nHe refers to Corbett as &amp;quot;some guy&amp;quot;, calling the video a &amp;quot;crude attempt to allegedly show how to circumvent TSA screening procedures.&amp;quot; He goes on to list the kinds of things that the nude body scanners can do, saying, &amp;quot;It\u2019s one of the best tools available to detect metallic and non-metallic items, such as\u2026 you know\u2026 things that go BOOM.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nYes. That's exactly the kind of language that I want to hear from an official spokesperson of the very organization that's responsible for making sure that I'm safe the minute I step on an aeroplane that's going to sweep me tens of thousands of feet into the air. &amp;quot;...things that go BOOM.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBlogger Bob does get extra points for his use of &amp;quot;interwebs&amp;quot;, you know, to put all of us Internet folks at ease, cause, well, he's in on the slang.\r\n\r\nGrade school vernacular aside, Blogger Bob doesn't explain exactly how\u00A0Corbett's video is nothing but a a crude attempt, and does nothing to explain how the US\u00A0&amp;quot;aviation system is much safer now with the deployment of 600 imaging technology units at 140 airports.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHe ends the blog post on the lowest note possible, saying, &amp;quot;Also, keep in mind that is optional. Anybody can opt out of the body scanner for a pat-down.&amp;quot; Thanks for the reminder Bob. If I'm not interested in an invasive imaging system, I can opt for an invasive pat down instead. Well that's my mind at ease.\r\n\r\nThe comments on the post have not gone easy on Bob either. One commenter kindly points out, &amp;quot;Jonathan Corbett defeated a $200,000 body scanner with a sewing kit. Your blog post pointedly does NOT deny this fact.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nCorbett himself has also left a comment on the post, saying, &amp;quot;Why don't you release the security footage of me going through your MMW scanners so that all can see?&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn a blog post\u00A0addressing Blogger Bob's response, Corbett writes:\r\n&amp;quot;The response then went on to say that they \u201Ccan\u2019t discuss\u201D it and that the nude body scanners are just \u201Cone layer\u201D of security so not to worry.\r\n\r\n\u00BFQue? You just spent $1B on a system that makes us LESS safe than the system you replaced \u2014 invading our privacy and rights in the meantime \u2014 and all you\u2019re going to do is make fun of my research, which put your agency to shame, for being \u201Ccrude?\u201D\r\nBlogger Bob's post doesn't do much to refute Corbett's claims, but it certainly does a great job of setting itself up as an example of how not to address a potentially explosive situation. (Yes. I said it. If Bob can, so can we.)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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