Privacy advocates to launch campaign against ' whole - body imaging ' technology . They say airport surveillance device gives ' virtual strip search ' and unnecessary regulation . Of concern to him , Coney and others is not just what TSA officials say , it 's also what they see . TSA : It saves money , increases safety and is welcomed 99 percent of time . One critic calls investment ' stupid , ' part of ' cover your ass ' politics in post-9/11 world .
Privacy advocates to launch campaign against ' whole - body imaging ' technology . They say airport surveillance device gives ' virtual strip search ' and unnecessary regulation . TSA : It saves money , increases safety and is welcomed 99 percent of time . One critic calls investment ' stupid , ' part of ' cover your ass ' politics in post-9/11 world .