http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/29/nxray129.xml

http://www.hemelhempsteadtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2003098&sectioni
d=4068

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6309917.stm

X-ray cameras that would "undress" passers-by in a bid to thwart
terrorists concealing weapons, could be coming to a street near you,
according to reports. Aside from the obvious privacy issues, would such a
plan work?

Leaked documents said to have been drawn up by the Home Office and seen
by the Sun newspaper say cameras which can see through clothes could be
built into lamp posts to "trap terror suspects".

While Home Secretary John Reid has denied knowledge of the plans, the
technology is not dissimilar to that already found in some UK airports.
Currently, air security officials pick out individuals to stand in a
booth while three pictures are taken of the person in slightly different
positions.

Within seconds, an X-ray scanner produces an image of the body, minus the
clothes. What shows up is the naked human form and anything that may be
concealed on the person, such as coins, a gun or drugs.

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Seems that the slippery slope is working well in the UK. Number plate
scanning, speed cameras, disarmed population, cameras everywhere, and now
that government wants to X-ray pedestrians.

All that x-ray exposure will probably do wonders for their health.