We see them everywhere--those white commercial vans. They're used for all sorts of business from construction to delivery. Who would've thought of loading them up with x-ray equipment and driving them around the city? The United States government, of course.
This particular technology allows a portable X-ray machine to drive around in what some critics say is "a seemingly normal delivery van," but be able to conduct X-ray imaging tests, as reported by the company website, on "suspect vehicles and objects while the ZBV van drives past."
Although literature about the machines says they aren't invasive, privacy advocates aren't buying that explanation. One reason is that the machines can also X-ray through clothing.
Electronic Privacy Information Center spokesman Marc Rotenberg says that no matter what claims are made about the vans, the machines in the vans are going to be used outside of their normal settings.
Obama is also wanting the authority to monitor all of your Internet activity, and some cities are even monitoring your trash. What's next?
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