The problem with LRL's as bomb detectors is that not only does the outcome depend entirely on what's going on between operator's ears, the operator has been lied to and told that the outcome is the product of technological sensing technology. So the result is inevitably worse than plain vanilla dowsing, which itself is surrounded by a well-earned cloud of suspicion.
That makes LRL's a very different thing from technology based sensing apparatus, which can be demonstrated to work without dependence on belief and which is not based on fraud like LRL's are. And it makes LRL's a very different thing from dowsing.
If anyone wants to know how LRL apologists think when it comes to the assertion that the damn things have cost many lives, all you have to do is look several posts up at Signal's "several hundred vehicles" post. Think about it. If God gave you brains, use 'em. Read the advertisement.
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It ain't just hypothetical here in El Paso. The Mexican military has been using Deekles, which of course has caused a lot of controversy. The Mexican military has no credibility to begin with, so Deekles are a good fit for them. "The Deekle indicated that this vehicle was carrying drugs (guns, whatever)". So they "search", plant whatever "evidence" is needed, do a parade in front of television cameras, and it all works out great for them. What makes the Deekle a perfect fit for the Mexican military is not that it detects anything, but that it gives them what they want. It's a perfect match for a corrupt system.
No military or police agency that exists for the purpose of public service and which knows what the Deekle really is, wants anything to do with it. The damn thing is a fraud, and it does not give them what they want. Let's be frank here, if cops in your neighborhood were using Deekles, you'd know who the things would point at first just by eyeballing skin color, wouldn't you? Fraud, corruption, and tyranny go hand in glove and LRL's sold to government agencies are a perfect example of how that works.
