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		ataggart on Nov 17, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Airport full-body X-ray scanners banned across Eur... You seem to be confusing a strip search with a body cavity search. These machines are an electronic means of performing a strip search. There should be nothing controversial in that claim.

grannyg00se on Nov 17, 2011 [–]

You're right. I always thought that a strip search would also include some kind of physical searching while nude in order to ensure that nothing is hidden in hair, folds, and at least the mouth orifice.

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