https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/11/19/michael-chertoff-behind-tsa-pornoscanners/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 17:16:38 -0400<![CDATA[&#8216;Pornoscanners&#8217; is what Boing Boing (courtesy of AoSHQ Headlines) calls them, and that name works for me.   Anyway, it would seem that Michael Chertoff had his hand in the cookie jar on this one: while Secretary of Homeland Security he ordered the pornoscanners from Rapiscan (a company that was one of his clients), and he&#8217;s been a busy little advocate bee on that company&#8217;s behalf ever since. When asked about it on the Anderson Cooper show, the response (skip ahead to about 4:55) was largely content-free on spokesflack TSA John Pistole&#8217;s part, and by &#8216;content-free&#8217; I mean &#8216;Pistole claims to know nothing on the subject&#8217;:]]>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:02 -0500<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/11/19/michael-chertoff-behind-tsa-pornoscanners-n37061