...Dr Schofield, who worked at the plant between 1958 and 1985, used “informal arrangements” involving a network of coroners and pathologists to make it easier for him to obtain organs.

On occasion, said Mr Redfern, this led to him taking “somewhat dubious steps”.

The health professionals involved in the scandal routinely ignored the regulations governing the removal of organs.

Sometimes these were taken even though they could have had no possible relevance to the cause of death.

Once relatives learned the truth they felt the bodies of their loved ones had been treated “with a lack of dignity and respect”.

Ironically, had they been properly informed some would have agreed to the removal and analysis of the organs.

Relatives complained that pathologists had effectively treated the bodies of their loved ones as “commodities”.

On occasion bones were replaced with broomstick handles “to give the appearance of normality at the funeral”.

One man who learned 20 years later that his father’s organs had been removed illegally said: “I find this mutilation disturbing”...

Going through airport security is not a who's hotter naked contest; it's a who's carrying the most dangerous items contest, and full-body scanners are calibrated to pick out knives and not G-strings (although they will see a switchblade in your G-string).

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.