TSA to deploy 150 new body scanner machines
Summary: The TSA has published a dedicated section on its website offering complete details on how the scanner technology works.
The TSA has published a dedicated section on its website offering complete details on how the technology works, how it will be used and the policy and procedures TSA will follow concerning privacy and information usage. TSA is using two different types of scanners, Backscatter and Millimeter wave technology. Over 150 new scanners are being installed across the United States and countries where U.S. Customs is forward-deployed at international airports -- including Canada, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
There has been significant concern regarding the use of the technology. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has a host of concerns with the technology. Before the end of 2010, the plan is to deploy over 500 body scanner units
Airports that currently have body scanner technologies deployed:
- Albuquerque International Sunport Airport
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
- Denver International Airport
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Detroit Metro Airport
- Indianapolis International Airport
- Jacksonville International Airport
- McCarran International Airport
- Los Angeles International Airport
- Miami International Airport
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
- Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Richmond International Airport
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- San Francisco International Airport
- Salt Lake City International Airport
- Tampa International Airport
- Tulsa International Airport
Airports receiving technologies soon:
- Boston Logan International Airport
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
- Kansas City International Airport
- Los Angeles International Airport
- Mineta San José International Airport
- Oakland International Airport
- Port Columbus International Airport
- San Diego International Airport
The GAO released a report on the use of watch lists and how airport security technology impacts Homeland Security.
Additional resources:
White House Video Blog - Airport Security Q&A with Janet Napolitano
EPIC wants TSA to halt implementation of body scanners at airports
Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near you
Amsterdam's Schiphol starts body-scanning at airport
FBI Director on cyber threats: We can't do it alone
US Strategic Command recognizes cyber security challenges
Intelligence community warns Senate committee of increased terror threats
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150 is useless
To do any good, either everybody is strip checked at our little airport (huge check-in time), or only half-effective, EVERYBODY has to re-screen at EVERY airport - can you say 3 hr minimum layover between flights?
Hell no!
Sorry people, but there is such a thing called the 4th Amendment which is supposed to protect us citizens from unwarranted searches and seizures. No, I am NOT willing to be subjected to these machines, and no, as long as our leaders continue to trample on our civil liberties, I refuse to fly anywhere.
RE: TSA to deploy 150 new body scanner machines
This is overkill to the Nth degree. (because its an extreme violation of personal privacy and isn't even effective). Who would want their kids, or their wife, grandparents etc, going through one of those things, having seen examples of the results? And the pictures become part of the record in a database. Sooner or later unwary travelers will be appearing in the altogether, on Internet sites, courtesy of the local airport.
The silly part is it does very little good at all. It wouldn't have even detected the threat that it was introduced for, that of the Christmas attack in Michigan. And the potential health risks are not at all clear as yet.
We really need to get our security train back on-track, and stop spending $$millions$$ just to try to show we are doing something. Its only politics. But you paid for it.
-JC
Yeah, a female TSA, I don't think so!
Gads!
And, *all* my connections go through Atlanta, too.
So much for saving energy... I'll drive **whenever** possible!
Mike Sr.
This could cost me my job!
Better than a hands-on search
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