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DIA security screener X-rays himself
By Brian D. Crecente, Rocky Mountain News
February 24, 2004
A security screener at Denver International Airport was reprimanded
for sending his body through an X-ray machine.
The incident happened about three months ago, said Mike Fierberg,
spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration.
"The screener went through the X-ray machine voluntarily," Fierberg
said. "I cannot ascribe any sort of motive to why anyone would do
this."
The screener, who was working at a passenger checkpoint, was
disciplined, he said.
Fierberg wouldn't release the screener's name or the exact nature of
the discipline.
"The screener in question did not jeopardize the safety of any
passengers or aircraft," he said. "But it was clearly behavior that
is not acceptable.
"We expect more from our screeners and, by and large, they are a
highly trained work force."
Although the TSA doesn't have a lot of experience with people taking
trips through the X-ray machine, Fierberg said the machines used for
security screening are very gentle on passengers' camera film.
"In the case of (some other machines), that will destroy photo film,"
he said. "But in the case of an X-ray machine, it will, generally
speaking, not damage low-speed film."
Fierberg wouldn't comment about the machine's effect on a human body.
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Re: DIA security screener X-rays himself
Bad if you wanna have babiesALM wrote:Fierberg wouldn't comment about the machine's effect on a human body.
Re: DIA security screener X-rays himself
So that's good news, he won't have a kid who'll make the same stupid thingluchtzak wrote: Bad if you wanna have babies
I'm sure he was not overweight because those X-Rays are quite small in diameter (if it is the hand-luggage type)
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