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National Opt-Out Day: Passengers to turn down full-body scans



By AMY ROLPH

SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF



Flying somewhere Nov. 24? You could be walking into the midst of a large-scale protest aimed at getting passengers to turn down full-body scans at airports.



National Opt-Out Day is planned for the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest days of the year for airports. A group of activists is calling on passengers to exercise their Transportation Security Administration-given rights and decline full-body scans that allow technicians to see through their clothes.



The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups are up in arms about the scans, saying they violate privacy rights.



But some, including pilots unions, say the slower pat-downs aren't much better. Allegations of improper groping have surfaced recently, causing some to demand new security-screening methods at airports.





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