Pope bashes body scans

Even the Roman pontiff is speaking out against the latest prop in security theater:

Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out against airport body scanners, insisting that “human dignity must be preserved.”

Although the pontiff did not use the words “body scanner” during the audience with airport workers, it was clear what he meant as he said: “It is above all essential to protect and value the human person in their integrity.”

Acknowledging that airports were in the forefront of the terrorist threat and suffering economically, he added: “Even in this situation, one must never forget that respecting the primacy of the human person and attention to his or her needs does not make the service less efficient nor penalize economic management.” - National Post

Update on February 23, 2010 by Frank@OBOW

by Matt, telegraph.co.uk