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5. Fliers to TSA Boycott: Yeah ... Not So Much

The hullabaloo surrounding the Transportation Security Administration's use of full-body scanners reached a fever pitch this week, thanks to National Opt-Out Day. And the logic was, naturally, flawless: Flyers, outraged over their privacy being invaded in the name of safety, would fight the good fight by just saying no to scanning on one of the busiest flying days of the year. They would opt for the pat down, and slow an already maddeningly slow process down even more -- and all for the sake of your civil liberties.

Travelers and airlines have, of course, paid an extra $5.9 million a year each year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for the privilege of being poked, prodded -- and now placed in electronic peep-show booths. And seemingly each time the country thwarts a terrorist attack, passengers are pressed to give up just a bit more: their shoes, in 2001, after Richard Reid tried to blow up American Airlines Fl

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