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| November 26, 2010 | 'Now body scanners could be deployed at US train stations, subways, other mass transits' | | Washington: Despite recent controversies being raised about full-body scanners at airports, US Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano has hinted that such scanners and 'enhanced' pat-downs could be deployed at train stations, ports, subways as well. In an interview on Charlie
Rose that aired on Monday, Napolitano said that terrorists would continue to
seek opportunities to attack the nation's transportation systems. "I think the
tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to
mass transit or to trains or maritime. So what do we need to be doing to strengthen
our protections there?" Fox News quoted Napolitano, as saying. Napolitano's comments
came as outrage grows over what some call intrusive X-ray scans and pat-downs
that the Transportation Security Administration has used to screen airline passengers.
Earlier, the government had said that most of the passengers would not be subjected
to full-body scans or pat-downs at airports and the hype swirling around a few
highly publicised cases does not reflect the reality of the new safety inspections.
Last week, Napolitano defended the screening procedures and criticized the protests,
saying: "I really want to say, look, let's be realistic and use our common sense,"
and added that the process to develop the screening technology had started before
the failed Christmas Day bombing attack last year. Surprisingly a Washington Post-ABC
News poll had found this week that nearly two-thirds of Americans support the
new scanning machines, saying that they are more concerned about fighting terrorism
than protecting personal privacy.
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