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privacy  by Opinion Staff  (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll)  (AP
Photo/Cynthia Boll)  Three local House members voted to ban
whole-body scanners that are designed to “see” under travelers’
clothes to detect weapons such as the explosives Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab tried to detonate on the Detroit flight.  Reps.
Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton and Alcee
Hastings, D-Miramar, voted against using the whole-body scanners
to screen all travelers.  Privacy has been the main concern.
Rep. Rooney said, “The last thing I want is one of my sisters or
my wife going through one of those things and somebody being
able to see them in a way that I think is an invasion of their
privacy.”  Is it better to be blown up?  Although a majority in
the House voted to ban use of the scanners, the measure didn’t
come up in the Senate and did not become law. Hindsight would
dictate that the House reconsider and in fact encourage the use
of scanners. Rep. Ron Klein