http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/05/technology/full_body_scanner/
Oh look job creation. The question is how much is Chertoff(the ex head of Homeland security) making off of this contract?
Don't you just find it amazing how much personal supplemental income our government officials are reaping off of these contracts all in order to keep you safe from the "terrorists"
The U.S. government is using $25 million in stimulus money to buy and install full body scanners in airports this year, in an effort to ramp up security and create jobs.
The Transportation Security Administration is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 150 of the full body scanners, according to TSA spokeswoman Sarah Horowitz
The contract has helped create 25 jobs, mostly manufacturing positions in the company's Ocean Springs, Miss. facility, as well as some engineering jobs, he said.
Kant said the U.S. government has given the TSA the green light to spend $173 million on scanners, which includes the initial $25 million contract.
"Should we get additional orders, we will have to hire additional manufacturing positions," he said in an e-mail to CNNMoney.com.
