The Dim light of Hope

I was making my rounds on the TSA blog today and someone posted a link to this: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2027:

I have to say, everyone should contact their Representative and let them know that this is a bill that we need to become law, and the sooner the better. Currently the TSA is absolutely run amok with their cowardly security theater. They will just keep implementing whatever they want, and using it however they want. The foxes are entrusted with the safety of the hen house.

A few points from the bill:

(2) PROHIBITION ON USE FOR ROUTINE SCREENING- Whole-body imaging technology may not be used as the sole or primary method of screening a passenger under this section. Whole-body imaging technology may not be used to screen a passenger under this section unless another method of screening, such as metal detection, demonstrates cause for preventing such passenger from boarding an aircraft.

(5) PROHIBITION ON USE OF IMAGES- An image of a passenger generated by whole-body imaging technology may not be stored, transferred, shared, or copied in any form after the boarding determination with respect to such passenger is made.

However....

`Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States, knowingly stores, transfers, shares, or copies an image in violation of section 44901(l)(5) of title 49, United States Code, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.'.

In a country that has mandatory minimum sentences for victimless crimes like drugs, this seems like a slap on the wrist. I would bet that nobody does a day of jail time for this unless their victim is a celebrity. This should be at LEAST a $10,000 fine and 1 year minimum. It should also be considered a felony.