[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by katezbox

Sky Guy - thanks for the update. TSA's website says 2007. I should have checked an alternate source. However, read the last paragraph of your linked article. At the time the first 150 scanners purchased with the stimulus $, there were already 40 in place at 19 airports.

And the main opposers were the ACLU...I stand by politically motivated.

By the way - off to catch a flight in a couple of hours - I'll let you know if the pat down was good for me....

You're welcome, and I can't disagree about "politically motivated" nor can I disagree with anything you stated prior to that statement! However, you did point out something that helps prove that my original point was correct, that being that Fox was wrongfully singled out. But that's not really a big deal since we should be used to that kind of thing happening to Fox by now.

The point that you made was the mentioning of the scanners being purchased with stimulus $. In addition, the middle of the USA Today article also supported my point by stating, "The new scanners have not been available since the Obama administration announced last February it would provide $1 billion for airport screening as part of its stimulus plan."

Perhaps the TSA information was correct but just presented in a manner that was a tad misleading. Gosh, as a government agency, the TSA wouldn't intentionally try and mislead us... would they? Would they? {silence}