Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Full body scanners

Criticisms of full body scanners are coming in from both the US and international agencies.

"The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in October that the TSA was deploying the machines without fully testing them and assessing whether they could detect "threat items" concealed on various parts of the body. And in March, the office said it "remains unclear" whether they would have detected the explosives that police allege Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to detonate on a jet bound for Detroit on Christmas."

Read more here

USATODAY.com

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