Full Body Scanner Images

LIMITED TIME ONLY! Jasmine V App $1.99 mhlo.co www.mahalo.com www.mahalo.com Many airports have started using full body scanners that can 'see-through' the clothes of passengers. The controversial security devices use X-rays or millimeter wave technology to reveal what a passenger may be hiding underneath clothes. According to the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, the full-body scanners "can detect both metallic and non-metallic items that may pose a threat to aviation security." The pictures are usually black and white or appear to look like a film negative. The TSA website says that 385 so-called "advanced imaging technology" machines are currently in use at nearly 70 airports nationwide. Reports say there are plans to add an additional 1000 such machines by the end of next year. Controversy surrounding such full body scanner images is on the rise, with a growing number of passengers, and according to CNN, pilots, "revolting." CNN reports that some "grassroots groups" are "urging travelers to either not fly or to protest by opting out of the full-body scanners." Any passenger that opts out of the full-body scan will undergo "enhanced" pat downs instead. In October of 2010, a pilot, Michael Roberts, "refused to submit" to a full-body scan and an enhanced pat down. According to CNN, Roberts is considering a lawsuit "challenging the constitutionality" of such procedures. Other legal briefs are challenging the full-body scanner program, claiming it is a <b>...</b>
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