Wednesday, December 06, 2006

 

X-ray machine for travellers

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X-ray machine for passengers set for test at Phoenix airport

Sky Harbor International Airport will test a controversial new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies in an effort to find concealed explosives and other weapons. One machine will be up and running at Sky Harbor's Terminal 4 by Christmas.

The technology, called backscatter, has been around for several years but has not been widely used in the U.S. as an anti-terrorism tool because of privacy concerns.

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