My comment is reposted here: https://gist.github.com/2grep/5436448
I do encourage people to read the regulation. They are basically asking for carte blanche to irradiate anyone.
Comments invited on TSA use of "Advanced Imaging Technology"
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Re: Comments invited on TSA use of "Advanced Imaging Technology"
#12So now that we've already went through this mess where they deployed it then realized what a CF it was, we're supposed to comment on it? I presume this is because it was such a fiasco the first time around, the Feds are using a different approach to make it happen?
I do not like being irradiated for purposes of imaging under my clothes in order to travel. I'm not really sure what else there is to say about it. I'm also not sure why I would want to participate in a system to defend myself from an overzealous security state by way of commentary. This is not something as a citizen I should spend any time doing. I don't go downtown and lobby the local police not to beat people senseless when they arrest them, I don't go to my local state capitol and protest in order to prevent drones from spying on me from the air, and I am not going to participate in a public commenting session for invasive imaging. Not going to happen.
It's wrong. Don't do that anymore. My contract with my government is supposed to prevent this kind of thing from happening, and I elect representatives and appoint judges to make double-sure it doesn't. This is their jobs.
Re: Comments invited on TSA use of "Advanced Imaging Technology"
#13So now that we've already went through this mess where they deployed it then realized what a CF it was, we're supposed to comment on it? I presume this is because it was such a fiasco the first time around, the Feds are using a different approach to make it happen? I do not like being irradiated for purposes of imaging under my clothes in order to travel. I'm not really sure what else there is to say about it. I'm al…
As rayiner points out elsewhere in this thread, they should have had the comment period before they first deployed the technology - but they didni't. EPIC sued and in 2011 the court ruled that DHS needed to adhere to the law and go through the commenting process. After delaying for a couple years, here we are.
Re: Comments invited on TSA use of "Advanced Imaging Technology"
#14EPIC has recommendations for commenters and a preliminary analysis at http://epic.org/TSAcomment/
Anybody interested in getting involved with an education/activism campaign to get more people to comment? If so, please let me know!