Body scanners are humiliating

I have no words to describe my outrage about the next step the U.S. government is taking in invading my privacy, freedom and exposing my health to risk of radiation and cancer.

We Americans pay so much taxes to our government to protect us; instead our government treats us innocent people like terrorists by implementing procedures that invade our privacy and cut off our freedom. In just the recent instance where the airplane from Amsterdam was almost blown up by a terrorist, although, the U.S. government had been notified by the terrorist's father about his son's intent, so information was given to the U.S. government on the golden plate, yet the government failed and the government has failed on numerous occasions despite billions of taxes U.S. citizens pay to their government for their protection.

Now the government will force every innocent citizen to go through the X-ray machine for security reasons.

My God, people wake up and stop giving up your dignity and freedom in the name of your security. Watch for the next step and you will be handcuffed and walked in to your seat and tightened to your seat on the airplane for the entire trip for the sake of your security.

The government should do it with terrorists and not us, innocent people. In the name of security, we American people are becoming prisoners of the system and freely are giving up our freedom.

Let's get rid of all feckless and incompetent politicians before they will get rid of our dignity and freedom.

Body scanners are humiliating and inhumane.

Liz Szymanski

Elgin