Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

Let us hear from you, folks!

Aero-News Quote of the Day

“(I)t is clear that by producing an image of the unclothed passenger, an [body] scanner intrudes upon his or her personal privacy in a way a magnetometer does not….Indeed, few if any regulatory procedures impose directly and significantly upon so many members of the public. TSA has not justified its failure to initiate notice-­-and-­-comment rulemaking before announcing it would use AIT scanners for primary screening.” Source: Ruling by DC Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Douglas Ginsburg.

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