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Scanning the Scanners: A Side-by-Side Comparison
by Lena Groeger ProPublica, Dec. 28, 9:42 a.m., propublica.org
By 2014, the Trans­porta­tion Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion plans to deploy body scan­ners at almost every air­port secu­ri­ty lane in Amer­i­ca. The TSA uses two types of scan­ners: the mil­lime­ter wave and the X-ray backscat­ter. In our ongo­ing…

Scanning the Scanners: A Side-by-Side Comparison
by Lena Groeger ProPublica, Dec. 28, 9:42 a.m., propublica.org

By 2014, the Trans­porta­tion Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion plans to deploy body scan­ners at almost every air­port secu­ri­ty lane in Amer­i­ca. The TSA uses two types of scan­ners: the mil­lime­ter wave and the X-ray backscat­ter. In our ongo­ing…