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• Watch as Local News Channel Captures Rep. Giffords Walking!

  April 27, 2011 at 12:32pm

  I wish her the best but as my elected Rep it is time for her to step down and allow for someone to represent the constituents of the district and be engaged in these difficult times dealing with these difficult issues.

• New Mobile Van Security X-Ray Technology Raises Privacy Questions

  September 28, 2010 at 12:22am

  In reply to uhadenoughyet.com.

  I also forgot to say, the DHS is also buying and using Predator drones for surveillance but why would a federal gov’t entity need a drone platform that can carry ordinance and has been highly effective against terrorist overseas? If they are interested in surveillance why then aren’t they using RQ (recon only) classed platforms vs an MQ (Multi Platform i.e. ordinance capable) classed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

• New Mobile Van Security X-Ray Technology Raises Privacy Questions

  September 27, 2010 at 11:59pm

  In reply to tomf.

  There is no radiative source in these vans, they use high voltage and an x-ray tube to generate the beam. The radiation levels are way below what you get everyday walking around under the sun. They are suppose to have flashing lights on the vans to indicate when it is on and operating but they also sell a handy delete kit for those fancy flashing lights. The exposure isn’t the issue but the illegal search is.

• New Mobile Van Security X-Ray Technology Raises Privacy Questions

  September 27, 2010 at 11:54pm

  In reply to uhadenoughyet.com.

  I worked on these in Iraq, the other thing these things can do and no one is mentioning is scan people. It is highly effective at doing it. This is not a complicated device but it can measure for radiation, scan vehicles and buildings (limited distance, won’t be able to scan a house from the road) but parked cars, people on the sidewalk, crowds it could do very easily and has been doing it for sometime in a war zone and also on the border. I believe using this on a parked car or on people constitutes an illegal search, but there are many things I would consider what the gov’t is doing as illegal but they do it anyway.