Police To Use TSA-Style Scanners To Spy On People In Public Places

TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces, and that should scare the hell out of everyone.

If you thought the NYPD's Z-Backscatter vans and police mini-Z's were intrusive, you have not seen anything yet.

Soon, nowhere will be safe from Big Brother's prying eyes, as police prepare to use HEXWAVE to spy on people in public spaces.

Last week the Salt Lake Tribune revealed that the Utah Attorney General and law enforcement are partnering with Liberty Defense, a 3D image scanning company that makes its money from scanning the public in real-time. (3D means capturing rich information (size, shape, depth) about the detection space. It can detect any material that has a physical form.)

Let's start with their name — calling yourself Liberty Defense is an affront to liberty-minded Americans who do not want to be secretly spied on by Big Brother. Their tag line "Protecting Communities And Preserving Peace of Mind" is the exact opposite of what this device does.

Any device that is used to spy on the public is just that: a surveillance device. It is not a Defense of our Liberty.

As Fox Now 13 reported, police will use Liberty Defense's, HEXWAVE to spy on people at mass gatherings like concerts, malls and stadiums.

"HEXWAVE could be deployed at mass gatherings like concerts, malls, stadiums, public transit stops and government buildings" Bill Riker, Liberty Defense's CEO, said.

Over the past two years, I have warned people that TSA-style body scanners were turning public transit into mirror images of our airports by watchlisting and flagging suspicious people. But I could never have imagined that law enforcement would be putting them in malls and places of worship.

If you do not believe Fox News, then perhaps you will believe Liberty Defense, which openly admits that they want governments and businesses to put their 3D scanners in every public venue.

According to the AG's "Memorandum of Understanding" police plan to use HEXWAVE to scan the public for two years, in but not limited to:

1. Sporting & Concert Arenas, Stadiums and Olympic Venues;

2. Primary, Secondary and Higher Education Facilities;

3. Places of Worship, Facilities and Property Owned by or Affiliated with Faith Entities;

4. Government Offices, Buildings and Facilities;

5. Amusement Parks; and

6. Entertainment Events, Conventions, Shows & Festivals

Police will also use HEXWAVE to spy on the public during "non-business hours to get system exposure to the full range of potential operating conditions to include environmental, frequency/volume of use or other operating conditions to which HEXWAVE would be subjected."

Of course the devices have nothing to do with protecting us from terrorism. This has never been the reason why the government has been taking away our freedoms since the Event. This wasn't why congress passed the patriot act. Or the military commissions act. Or the NDAA. Or created the TSA which has never caught a terrorist or passed any tests where agents take weapons through their machines and scanners. Or why they grope anyone from children to old people in wheelchairs or veterans who have prosthesis or...

And of course people who say that they have nothing to hide will be okay with them doing this because it's being done for our protection. How long until the devices are put into use for the subways or any of the other places where people don't have much choice for using them?