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    Full Body Checks for All US Bound Passengers

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    Full body searches are being carried out on all those flying to the United States from Hong Kong - and controversial X-ray-like body scanners may be on the way amid heightened security fears.

    The new "full pat-down" searches and extensive carry-on luggage checks by airline staff follow a security directive issued by Washington in the wake of the failed Christmas Day "underwear bomber."

    Officials at Chek Lap Kok insist the checks - which take place immediately before boarding - will not add journey time for passengers.

    The United States singled out 14 "high-risk" nationalities for the checks but Hong Kong has decided to search everyone, regardless of nationality, both for logistical reasons and to avoid accusations of discrimination.

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    People's shoes are removed and checked after the shoe bomber but will these full pat-down searches include a "pat-down" of one's underwear?


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    pat down from arms pits to your crotch. i just experienced it.


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    Do they change gloves after each pat-down or are the same gloves used from crotch to crotch? (Not a complete germophobe but I don't like the "hands that touch crotches...")


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    Quote Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax:
    Do they change gloves after each pat-down or are the same gloves used from crotch to crotch? (Not a complete germophobe but I don't like the "hands that touch crotches...")
    I think they check over your clothes, rather than actually cupping your crotch.

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    The founding masons are rolling in their graves.


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    They have had one of those full body scanners at Schipol gate D6 for quite a while now. Obviously those flying to Hull are key terrorist suspects.


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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    They have had one of those full body scanners at Schipol gate D6 for quite a while now. Obviously those flying to Hull are key terrorist suspects.
    Incorrect. It is not a full-body scanner; it is a brain scanner used for a long-term study to uncover brain abnormalities in order to understand why anyone would want to go to Hull.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax:
    Incorrect. It is not a full-body scanner; it is a brain scanner used for a long-term study to uncover brain abnormalities in order to understand why anyone would want to go to Hull.
    Because suffering is good for the soul I guess. Actually Hull is moving up. Only 1 in 70 under 16 year old girls there now get pregnant which means 4 places in the UK are worse.

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    I think I might turn down any kind invitations by my firm to go to meetings in the USA. It's getting beyond a joke. And singling out specific nationalities .... discrimination anyone? Those UK bombers were Brits - nationality means nothing these days. So perhaps they will then move onto religion....


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