American Science & Engineering, a company based in Billerica, Massachusetts, has sold U.S. and foreign government agencies more than 500 backscatter x-ray scanners mounted in vans that can be driven past neighboring vehicles to see their contents, Joe Reiss, a vice president of marketing at the company told me in an interview. While the biggest buyer of AS&E’s machines over the last seven years has been the Department of Defense operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, Reiss says law enforcement agencies have also deployed the vans to search for vehicle-based bombs in the U.S.
“This product is now the largest selling cargo and vehicle inspection system ever,” says Reiss.
Here’s a video of the vans in action.
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4 comments:
Gotta find those terrorists! Might be hiding in my neighborhood.
I have nothing to worry about though, right? I mean, I am OK. Right? The government wouldn't target me for anything right? Its not like Im going to vote for the wrong candidate or anything, and get on a "hit list". YOu know?
I mean the Germans who were targeted by their nice government in 1930 had it comin' to them - right? They were probably bad people right?
The government would never come after innocent people or anything.
Imagine if your new girlfriend had an EX who happened to be a local cop - and he had this equipment. . .
We law abiding citizens have nothing to worry about - I'm pretty sure.
ok, so it's perfectly fine for the government to purchase and use this type of invasion equipment... but, meanwhile, in arizona asking someone for something as simple documentation is a violation of their rights???
hmmmm I love the brotherhood.
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