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Former CIA Covert Operations Officer Mike Baker argues the Department of Homeland Security’s new laser scanner is useful despite privacy concerns.
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On an island box on top of government scanners that -- -- and you in your birthday suit or whether it suits you or not it's true.
There's in the US department of public security will be able to -- everything about your body and I mean everything.
Without ever touching you win them without actually ever informing yet.
And -- don't even have to be on line we're told is laser based molecular scanner.
Can be fired up from a 164 feet away at border security checkpoints airports you name it.
And that -- that half of it.
I just got wind of this within hours of learning Google.
Just settled -- apples of the -- -- -- 22 million bucks for breaking and Apple Safari web browser to spy on users search habits.
Apple's getting to know not those safari users who was spied on -- about feeling naked and vulnerable.
My friends this is naked intrusion clothed in legal speak.
We are catching these nit wits with their pants down and then -- go on -- -- our fans whether there are up or down.
It's creepy it's weird it's growing at its bad.
More taxing their taxes more sinister than spending.
Listen up because this bit by bit invasion of our personal privacy gives up this country's going down.
-- -- to security expert Mike Baker just tells me to come down and I guess get over current -- -- part of a way to world's gone.
It's -- it's where it's going it's bad here's Mike Baker.
-- yet I didn't alternatives -- currently -- you know what I know I know it's dangerous territory but I gotta disagree with you on this for two reasons and because Mike was -- -- One because.
This is great technology actually I mean the ability to paint a target -- it delays a target to light up a target.
From a distance and it's essentially fifty meters away.
To determine whether that individual has explosives on explosive residue in the bottom up bottom line is that yeah -- you want that standoff distance I mean an end and think about in terms of -- check points -- in Afghanistan on rock.
Or at embassies were -- hostile territory overseas.
War -- Ed major sporting events like the Olympics the ability to do -- to look at someone as a target say you know what.
You know let's let's do this before we except the walk up and pat them down amid a that's him.
Earlier the weather comes -- -- to happily compromise if people are.
Senior -- see you didn't request this answer this you didn't even know was going on and it's happening Willy -- and -- and on online as well -- the did the second reason I'm not worried about this is is because -- -- a long time in in the government and Intel community and and I think that's right your brain would have no I think what -- does -- made me realize that the government's not out to screw the American public they're really not and I I understand I think it's something very -- every now and I -- -- -- -- some of them get their dollars.
Well under the -- like guys like you I -- to -- which.
I assume it's -- -- to see why there is this this concerns in the always have to have that litmus vs game -- we're who would involving privacy and civil liberties but there is a point on that curve.
Where you know if we want the security that we -- -- that we want.
And and and -- sometimes little lackadaisical until the next event would have stood then you have to give up a certain amount and what we're seeing now to single out of these technologies come online after several years -- development -- we have to remember what the mood was like during 9/11.
But -- bit -- -- we give up more in this we're gonna get on this with a the woman in the second about what's happening do look now what's expanded to another company.
But it seems that this is a daily development more than of us expose what online offline walking nonaligned not -- non life you know it's a theme.
And I think it's -- rather.
Distressing thought I would say that that also people are -- if if that's the case and a genuinely upset about it they're showing it on ways of putting one more their personal information.
Out there well -- -- on -- that.
And and I Wilson has already announced yet over the security concerns get over it is being embarrassed well over it is being filmed the favoritism I'm saying that there are trade -- -- security.
And that this and and I'm also saying that I don't I don't -- one world government you know governments -- to get you there because -- peek behind the curtain long enough to know eight that's not their intent and you know of the US government to keep a secret anymore.
Clearly so if that was their intent that's nowhere -- about it that's what -- president they can't keep -- secret and who's to know that whatever they get on you doesn't accidentally.
Get dropped -- -- and -- the the public.
-- -- -- it's it's it's a valid point does this counter balances to and I I I just came back from Washington today.
I got me the line for a TSA for screening.
And they've finally gotten that point where they've developed a separate line to to usher people through quicker you don't have to take your shoes off you don't think -- lap tops off so you run -- month.
I'd like to say I was that wasn't.
And an -- that's the wrong guy let's and I said -- that no I didn't I died I happily walks through the security you didn't happily do not honestly I.
We have to remember what what it was like we have to remember what it could be like very very quickly after another event and it's it's not a lucky happenstance -- we haven't had another attack here on on our soil.
It is the result of a great deal worked it never stops and and people can get again they can get a little bit you know as whereas the balance -- -- -- -- booted out of the liquids and and it's a we have we -- -- to liquids and and we will start looking to choose and god forbid if someone does something.
A hand in hand and hand it seems that we're playing catch up sometimes it seems that were being reactive and we are because sometimes that's what you have to do you try to game the site try to imagine where is the next problem going to come from what's -- -- security around that.
I would argue that.
You know it's it's a no win.
Situation I mean we're the year they're giving this intolerant in human behavior now I'm not I'm not -- and I I understand again I understand what to do with that they concept -- why people get upset when it.
But when I'm standing in line and I may get a little edgy because some I don't even today's device signs -- day you know your common and it is rumored commanders there YouTube being scanned as we speak bad might this.
Seem like they're the bad guys yeah yeah exactly and -- and again I I would argue that this sort of technology what we're talking about you know laser scanning -- -- you can pick up.
In some say fifty meters away attest that this is sort of a -- like watching speed on on the on sixth -- You know what again.
I I think you have to be careful about this we have to have these sort of discussions you use a drone to track down speeders in the no of course not of now that is -- there's a limit to leave in your -- at a I think I guess that's a good way to put -- thank you prepared in Munich.
Hardly -- -- Baker he does not preferable gladly including.
The TV anchor tonight's -- goods.
