Wave to the scanner
March 31, 2009
Frank@OBOW in Air travel news, Travel News & Regulations

Not creepy or anything….


“Transportation Security Administration (TSA) undated handout image shows a composite of 4 separate scans, a female in the left two and a male in the right two, from a whole body scan machine, or millimeter wave machine being used at a security check point at the Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah. The new machine developed by New York based L3 Communications is in use for the first time today by passengers and takes a whole body scan penetrating clothing. This is a pilot program by the TSA to test the machines in a live setting for the first time at Salt Lake International Airport” - Yahoo/Reuters

Update on March 31, 2009 by Registered CommenterFrank@OBOW

The TSA says “Smooth”

“The success story here is not that we kept a bottle of lotion off of a plane, but we found an intentionally hidden item on a passenger. We found a hidden item and knew exactly where it was without having the passenger undergo a hand-wanding or patdown.”

Update on March 31, 2009 by Registered CommenterFrank@OBOW
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