The slippery-slope argument against the warrantless, illegal searches that the TSA conducts is to point out that body cavity searches will be next. That day has arrived, at least in jails, but the promotional materials for Canon’s new RadPRO SecurPASS scanner specifically mentions airport and border checkpoints and “Passenger friendly inspection.” A press conference held by a Illinois county sheriff last month states that a paper clip in a body cavity can be detected by these scanners. This image is kindly provided by the manufacturer of the scanner. I’m finding many other images attributed to this scanner that similarly show … Continue reading The New Generation of Scanners