We Won't Fly! Act now. Travel with dignity. PeaceNik on FOX 11 news (11-15-10)
• YouTubeHats off to John Tyner for taking a stand in San Diego. And to PeaceNik for representing www.WeWontFly.com, and WE WON'T! Join us in using alternative transportation until the TSA stops violating the 4th Amendment with body scanners and enhanced rub
Which brings us to the money shot. The body scanner is sure to get a go-ahead because of the illustrious personages hawking them. Chief among them is former DHS secretary Michael Chertoff, who now heads the Chertoff Group, which represents one of the leading manufacturers of whole-body-imaging machines, Rapiscan Systems. For days after the attack, Chertoff made the rounds on the media promoting the scanners, calling the bombing attempt “a very vivid lesson in the value of that machinery”—all without disclosing his relationship to Rapiscan. According to the Washington Post:
Chertoff’s advocacy for the technology dates back to his time in the Bush administration. In 2005, Homeland Security ordered the government’s first batch of the scanners—five from California-based Rapiscan Systems.