http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-05-15-airport-xray-bottomstrip_x.htm
Is this an invasion of privacy or something that we all just need to put up with in order to be more safe?
Air travelers stripped bare with X-ray machine
By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY
The agency in charge of the nation's air security expects later this year to begin using a controversial X-ray machine that will show airport screeners a clear picture of what's under passengers' clothes — whether weapons or just bare skin.
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The new system makes it easy to see possibly dangerous devices.
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Screeners plan to test the "backscatter" machines at several U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says. The refrigerator-sized machines are considered a breakthrough in scanning technology but have been labeled "a virtual strip search" by the American Civil Liberties Union. (Related story: Airports test 'futureworld' devices)
Security workers using the machines can see through clothes and peer at whatever may be hidden in undergarments, shirts or pants. The images also paint a revealing picture of a person's nude body.
Is this an invasion of privacy or something that we all just need to put up with in order to be more safe?