U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners - ProPublica
http://www.propublica.org/article/u.s.-government-glossed-over-cancer-concerns-as-it-rolled-out-airport-x-ray
A ProPublica/PBS NewsHour investigation of how this decision was made shows that in post-9/11 America, security issues can trump even long-established medical conventions. The final call to deploy the X-ray machines was made not by the FDA, which regulates drugs and medical devices, but by the TSA, an agency whose primary mission is to prevent terrorist attacks.
Breast cancer survivor forced into invasive patdown by TSA, even after submitting to backscatter imaging scan
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/breast-cancer-survivor-forced-into-invasive-patdown-by-tsa-even-after-submitting-to-backscatter-imaging.html
FBI issues prosthetic pregnant belly bomb alert | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/13/prosthetic_belly_bomb
I predict airports will soon demand childbirth at security checkpoint to prove it's a real belly.
Boing Boing: TSA donates potentially explosive liquids to homeless
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/13/tsa_donates_potentia.html
"Could it be that the FAA ban on liquids is really a plot to rid the country of homeless people, through the use of explosive liquids?"
komo news | 'This Is Not Right'
http://www.komotv.com/stories/37150.htm
"They said 'no' and they said it's a national security issue. And I said what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ... you don't have any'." All for a blunt bread knife. Yeah, I feel safer.
Boing Boing: Why is American Airlines gathering written dossiers on fliers' friends?
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/19/why_is_american_airl.html
Another data point for my hesitation to ever take a plane to anywhere this decade, even domestically.