Monday, 21. April 2008
Topic: SECURITY - on April 21, 2008 at 1:20:00 PM CEST
JFK And LAX Get Scanners That See Through Clothes
The Transportation Security Administration on Friday said that it's beginning new pilot tests of millimeter wave scanning technology at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Millimeter wave scanners allow TSA personnel to see concealed weapons and other items that may be hidden beneath clothes.
When the first TSA pilot test of the technology began in October at Phoenix Sky-Harbor International Airport, TSA Administrator Kip Hawley said that agency was committed to protecting passenger privacy and that the potentially revealing body scans would not be stored.
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