German 'fleshmob' protests airport scanners

The underwear bomber's Christmas Day attack has prompted calls for the increased use of full-body scanners at airports that would strip-search passengers down to their naked bodies. So to protest the use of the so-called Nacktscanner (naked scanner), members of the Pirate Party in Germany organized a "fleshmob" of people who stripped down to their skivvies last Sunday and converged on the Berlin-Tegel airport. They posted a video of their protest to YouTube, with soundtrack provided by Muse's song "Uprising." The lyrics articulated their protest: "They will not force us. They will stop degrading us. They will not control us. We will be victorious!" The protesters marked their bodies with a number of messages such as, "Something to hide?" and "Be a good citizen–drop your pants." There have been privacy and legal concerns raised about the invasive equipment, particularly because it's unclear if the scanners would be able to detect explosives hidden in body cavities and would therefore likely provide only minimal security.