Senate Proposal Would Punish Misusers of Body Scanner Images
A proposal offered in the Senate would make misusing body scanner images a federal crime, punishable by up to a year in prison.
Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., proposed an amendment to an aviation bill that would prohibit anyone with access to the scanned body images, whether security personnel or members of the public, from photographing or disseminating those images. Besides a prison term, violators could be fined up to $100,000 per violation.