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New airport scanners are being tested in 3 US airports

Washington, Usa - Here is how they work

The Transportation Security Administration (Tsa) began testing a new, more modest body scanning system at three US airports. They hope it will assuage critics' concerns that the nearly 500 full-body scanners at 78 airports reveal too much. "We believe it addresses the privacy issues that have been raised", TSA chief John Pistole said at a news conference at Reagan National Airport in Washington,...

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Rome, Italy, 02/02/2011 20:50
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