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A reddit user on the real reason the US is buying these scanners:

http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/mdwox/eu_has_bann...

I'd prefer you share the poster's assertion with us and provide commentary as to whether you agree or think the commenter is paranoid.

Just posting a link doesn't add much.

He has links and things providing his point. I agree with him, it was clearly a corruption thing from the start. Otherwise, why would people need to be scanned while leaving the airport. It only makes sense for either (a) creating useless jobs for people and/or (b) buying useless equipment to do the useless job.

Yes, it was edited following my comment. He originally had just the link, and it came off as gossip, not insight.

""Let's not forget the REAL motivation for the US Gov't to buy these things [1] The former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff whose company, Rapiscan, miraculously won a contract worth $173 million just days after he left his office and essentially bought the company.""

[1] http://thenewamerican.com/economy/commentary-mainmenu-43/524...

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