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		DevX101 on March 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Viral Video About Body Scanners I'm almost impressed by the linguistic gymnastics taken here to avoid saying outright that they got caught with their pants down. The post concludes on an entirely unrelated point to the premise of the post \|Anybody can opt out of the body scanner for a pat-down. Sure, I'm carrying in a gun in my shirt pocket I'd like to get on the plane. Let me just request the patdown to make sure I get caught.

brlewis on March 8, 2012 [–]

That sentence was there for the benefit of people with safety questions about the scanners. For more information on the medical uncertainties, follow the link labeled "completely safe" to the Archives of Internal Medicine article and look under "Related Article".

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