Tag: millimeter-wave screening
Posted on Sat May 24, 2008 at 12:11:13 PM EST
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Denver is one of five aiports in the country that has begun "full body scanning" of passengers.
The Transportation Security Administration today will start screening travelers at Denver International Airport using a machine that bounces radio waves off skin to produce a graphic, whole-body image. The scan aims to reveal weapons, explosives or other items hidden on a passenger's body. But because the image is anatomically explicit, millimeter-wave screening is controversial.
DIA and five other U.S. airports are using the new technology in pilot programs to assess its capabilities, said David Bassett, TSA's federal security director in Denver.
Passengers who object can request a pat down search. The other cities:
Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Los Angeles International, JFK International in New York, Baltimore-Washington International and Albuquerque International.
This is a very invasive machine. [More...]
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