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I don't fly myself so if it turns out somehow that a device pushed by the former head of DHS/current stockholder in Rapiscan, manufacturer of backscatter scanners, isn't quite as safe as it is supposed to be, a few orders of magnitude increase of radiation-related maladies would be worth it to me for the added security. Even the occasional complete disintegration of the odd traveler during power spikes is obviously acceptable.

That said, does sovereign immunity apply here if travelers start turning up sterile?

I don't fly myself so if it turns out somehow that a device pushed by the former head of DHS/current stockholder in Rapiscan, manufacturer of backscatter scanners, isn't quite as safe as it is supposed to be, a few orders of magnitude increase of radiation-related maladies would be worth it to me for the added security. Even the occasional complete disintegration of the odd traveler during power spikes is obviously acceptable.

That said, does sovereign immunity apply here if travelers start turning up sterile?

I don't fly myself so if it turns out somehow that a device pushed by the former head of DHS/current stockholder in Rapiscan, manufacturer of backscatter scanners, isn't quite as safe as it is supposed to be, a few orders of magnitude increase of radiation-related maladies would be worth it to me for the added security. Even the occasional complete disintegration of the odd traveler during power spikes is obviously acceptable.

That said, does sovereign immunity apply here if travelers start turning up sterile?

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So, about those backscatter x-ray scanners
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