Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Senate Votes on Misuse of Naked Body Scanners: Felony with $100,000 Fine

Senate Votes to Make Misuse of TSA Scanner Images a Felony

CBS News

When you walk through one of those new hi-tech full body scanners at TSA checkpoints at the airport, screeners can still see your private parts, but the Senate wants to make sure no one else does.

The Senate voted 98-0 to make it a felony for anyone to misuse those images, by copying them, collecting them or distributing them in any way. Violators would be subject to up to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine...

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Senate: Punish misusers of body scanner images

AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Misusing body scanner images would become a federal crime punishable by up to a year in prison under a proposal approved by the Senate.

The amendment to an aviation bill pending in the Senate was approved Tuesday by a vote of 98-to-0. It would prohibit anyone with access to the scanned body images, whether security personnel or members of the public, from photographing or disseminating those images.

Besides a prison term, violators could be fined up to $100,000 per violation...

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