Body scanners "rotting" in the basement of the European Parliament

In the days following the terrible attacks of 9/11, the reaction of governments around the world was to implement a range of poorly judged anti-terrorist legislation in the spirit of "making us safer". Meanwhile, over in Brussels, the European Parliament responded to the attacks in its own, unique way; by ordering six body scanners at a cost of €116,000. They were delivered to the European Parliament buildings in 2005. An investigation by feisty West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire has, however, revealed that the scanners remain unused in the basement of the Parliament following privacy concerns on the part of MEPs....

View the original article here