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| Did Congressman Billy Long's naked body scan's arrival on the Internet inspire the Senate to take action? |
Omaha.com reports:
The Senate on Tuesday approved Sen. Ben Nelson’s proposal aimed at preventing images from federal security body scanners from landing on the Internet.
The Senate voted 98-0 in favor of the aviation bill amendment, which would make it a federal offense to “inappropriately photograph, record or distribute images produced by body scan imaging machines at U.S. airports or federal buildings.”
Penalties would include up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000 per violation.
OK, we have been told they weren't recording these scans and the system prevented the scans from leaving the airport, so if this is the case, why is the US Senate passing bills that prevent these scans from showing up on the Internet with strict criminal penalties? Have they not been telling us the truth about the capabilities of the naked body scanners?
This still doesn't solve the obvious conflict with the Fourth Amendment.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Traveling is part of being American. It is part of the American experience and spirit. Traveling however is not probable cause, and Americans have the right to be secure in their persons--not just their homes like Obama has suggested in hopes the federal government will soon be able to track Americans using the GPS device in their cell phones.
