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GRITtv: Can We Scan Ourselves to Safety?
"There's money to be made and there are people out there who are going to say it can be done. And, yeah, it's techie and sexy and sounds good." That's Bruce Schneier quoted in a piece by Liliana Segura at AlterNet, talking about new airport security technology. In the wake of the failed underpants bombing attempt, new rules have been added, and discussion has ramped up of the use of full-body scanners and other invasive technologies. We ask Segura and Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent if we can scan ourselves to safety, or if this is just more security theater designed to get us to give up our civil liberties.
Email this pageDemocracy Now!: Wed., Dec. 30, 2009
We look at the Obama administration’s handling of the aborted bomb attack and the media’s coverage with Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent; in Cairo, we talk with Ali Abunimah of Electronic Intifada about the situation in Cairo and Gaza and with Roger Waters, who supports the Gaza Freedom March; a Red Cross spokesman remembers the Israeli assault; a final look at the U.S. economy with Dean Baker and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
