chertoff touts body scanners on tv while consulting for company that makes them

no conflict of interest here! chertoff consults for the company which has the sole contract w/ the government and is all over tv talking about how we need to have body scanners. i am reading that these body scanners wouldnt have even picked up the 'christmas bomber' or liquid explosives so whats the point?

this article is disturbing on a whole other level. how do you parents feel about some glorified mall cop looking at your kids naked body? guess what kind of work pedophiles all over the country are going to be lining up for now?

furthermore, the airport in amsterdam has body scanners and the guy didnt even go thru one. and he paid cash for his ticket and was able to get on w/ a visa. and he had no baggage. and his father had reported to the u.s. embassy that his son had been radicalized. this goes back to a point i already made which is that just like on 9/11, the failure was on the intel level, but rather than fix that they impose all these 'security' measures just to placate the paranoid public.

its been done incrementally too - first its take off your shoes, get harassed by the tsa jackholes and now a virtual strip search and/or very thorough pat down. they are treating everyone like criminals - and the public is so scared that they are accepting it. i never thought i would see this in the united states - this is the kind of crap you heard about happening in the soviet union.

 

our economy is in the toilet.
our country is turning into an orwellian police state before our eyes.

osama got what he wanted.

 

i call it fascism.

these people go in and out of government and the private sector - when in government they can formulate and affect policy which benefits companies they either came from or go to work for after serving in 'public office'.

 

obama is not a socialist or a communist - he is a corporatist/fascist, just like his predecessor.

 

wow - an entire post w/out the word "liberal" in it - didnt think you could do it!

and who said its an either/or thing?

all you people who support this body scanning crap are just a bunch of scared cowards - yall would have done great in the soviet union!

 

this is stupid on so many levels i dont know where to start. how do you equate people being against having their naked bodies scanned by glorified mall cops with people wanting a government option for health care?

nice job on writing a whole paragraph w/out using the word "liberal" though! you are really on a roll!

attitudes like yours prove that the terrorists have already won.

 

imo, the conflict lies in the fact that he is consulting for a company which stands to directly profit off of his advocating for their product. he is on the news b/c he is considered an expert due to the fact that he is the former homeland security chief. he was touting these body scanners when he was working for the government and now he is consulting for the company which he gave the contract to in the first place. that should at least raise an eyebrow.

in light of the fact that the body scanners wouldnt have even detected the underwear bomber and amsterdam airport had 20 of them and he still got on, dont you think he is maybe overreacting/fear-mongering/terrorizing the american public into clamoring for his clients product?

are you telling me that you dont know the difference b/t advertising/product placement and legitimate news?

and the only reason he is on tv and taken as an authority is b/c of the fact that he was a government official. he is using his position as former fatherland security chief to push his clients product.

this also speaks to the larger issue of the revolving door b/t government and companies that directly profit off the government like haliburton (cheney), rumsfeld (tamiflu) and chertoff.