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A Few Facts About TSA's Full-Body Scanners
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsHow the Transportation Security Administration explains its two full-body scanners: Backscatter technology projects an ionizing X-ray beam over the body surface at high speed. The reflection, or "backscatter," of the beam is detected, digitized and displayed on a monitor. Each full body scan produces less than 10 microrem of emission, the equivalent to the exposure each person receives in about two minutes of airplane flight at 30,000 feet. It produces an image that resembles a chalk etching. Millimeter wave technology bounces harmless electromagnetic waves off of the human body to ...
AOL Investigation: No Proof TSA Scanners Are Safe
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsIf you believe the government, you have little to worry about from the radiation beam flitting over the front and back of your body in airport watchdogs' search for explosives and other hidden implements of terror this holiday season. The Transportation Security Administration says that when working properly, the backscatter Advance Imaging Technology X-ray scanners emit an infinitesimal, virtually harmless amount of radiation. The problem is that the TSA offers no proof that anyone is checking to see if the machines are "working properly." The TSA ticks off a litany of groups that it says ...
TSA Protester Strips Down to Speedo [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 24) -- That'll show 'em! Hours before National Opt-Out Day officially began, a young man waged his own, unique protest at Salt Lake City International Airport. On Tuesday, a Utah college student identified as Jimmy stripped off his clothes as he prepared to go through security until he was only wearing a Speedo bathing suit. On his back, Jimmy had also painted the words "SCREW BIG SIS," a reference to Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano. Jimmy captured the encounter on his cell phone, ensuring it would soon go viral, just as the "don't touch my junk" video had before it. Here's ...
Airport Security: Is Israel the Answer?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyWell, Alex, there's one obvious solution to the rampant dysfunction you so colorfully describe in that hilarious recap of your recent journey from India back to the United States. And I can sum it up in one word: Israel.Over the past week or so, much ink has been spilled over the pros and cons of airport security techniques as diverse as body scanners (child porn?), passenger profiling (racist or just plain smart?) and the prohibition on bathroom breaks during the last hour of the flight (cruel and unusual punishment?). Surprisingly, what people aren't talking so much about are the methods ...
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