Re:Or they want you to think they can detect it... (Score 1)

I'm inclined to agree. This story reeks of (rather silly) propoganda to me. Seriously, if this radiation detector is so sensitive that a cat that had radiation therapy several days ago can set it off, it doesnt seem that it would be of much use. I've got to think that there are far more PEOPLE that have had radiation therapy driving by than there are cats. I'd also be willing to speculate that there are lots of other things that give off low-level radiation that would set off this amazingly sensitive (and presumably QUITE expensive) device, rendering it pretty useless as anything but an excuse to pull over "suspicious" people and their pets (and their old wristwatches, propane lamps, smoke detectorsm zircons, topaz, artifical diamonds, porcelain teeth and who-knows-what-else)...