AP is Finally Reporting on Naked Body Scanners in Colorado Court Houses

It took the Associated Press nearly a year to alert its readers that naked full body scanners are being placed in courthouses too. On January 13 of this year, I listed the other locations other than airports that naked body scanners were being installed at.

Federal Court House (VA)
Colorado Springs Court House (CO)
Department of Corrections facility (PA)
Los Angeles County Court House (CA)
Cook County Court House (IL)
Douglas County Colorado Justice Center
Montana State Prison
Utah State Correctional Facility

Do you think, if it wasn't for this outrage currently in America the AP would have even bothered? It's obvious few people in the mainstream media questioned the TSA's intrusive security measures as these measures were first being implemented. It was the will of the people to protect their Constitutional rights and rights to privacy that drove this story. Why is it the AP didn't do a better job of reporting.

Here's part of their story from yesterday:

Taking a trip during the holidays isn't the only time that people might get a full-body scan to pass through security. People heading to court to testify, get a restraining order, pay a ticket or answer criminal charges could also face a full-body scan at courthouses.

The U.S. Marshals Service, which is in charge of protecting federal judges nationwide, is exploring their use at federal courthouses. And two state courthouses in Douglas and El Paso counties in Colorado have already deployed full-body scanners that use radio waves to detect all objects on a person, including paper.

A guard in a separate room monitors the gray images with pixelated faces and genital areas, and the images aren't stored on a computer. officials said. All visitors to the Douglas County Courthouse in Castle Rock, Colo., undergo full-body scans, while guards at the El Paso County Judicial Center in Colorado Springs use the scanners during peak hours.