Members of Congress own stock in scanner companies

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

Is it even possible for a politician to have a stock portfolio without opening themselves to such charges?

What, if anything does Kerry or any of the other pols on that list have to do with the type of scanners TSA uses? That is the pertinent question here. I'm not saying they're not guilty but I rather see some actual evidence of wrong doing before I believe there is really a conflict of interest.

Exactly, simply owning stock does not mean there is any conflict of interest.

Now if any of these people voted on any initiatives that specified specific types of machines, there would be a conflict of interest. But until that has been demonstrated, I see no conflict of interest.... only a potential for one.