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EU: Draft question to the European Commission concerning "body scanners" proposal

01 October 2008

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"Body scanners" proposal: Draft question to the European Commission for the European Parliament plenary session (ALDE group, pdf)

It is proposed by Marco Cappato and co-signed by Ignasi Guardans, Jeanine Hennid-Plasschaert, Renate Weber, Ona Juckneviciene, Sarah Ludford, Alexander Alvaro and Sophie in't Veld

European Commission proposes "Virtual strip searches" with "body scanners" able to strip people naked at airports to be introduced by April 2010: Commission proposal for a Regulation on aviation security: full-text (pdf). See below for press coverage.

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