New U.S. airport scanner sees through clothes


	New U.S. airport scanner sees through clothes

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10-15-2007 5:38 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d4f00a86-1c58-454f-b4e5-0bc3bd86226e/932A7204-0D05-48B1-930B-E559383F74E2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories" href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ctv.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ctv.ca/img/E4585730-245C-4947-93AA-C384ED55FBB7" alt="An image produced by the controversial scanning machine being employed at some airports." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories"><P>A new full-body scanner being tested by the U.S. government as a replacement for airport metal detectors can see through the clothing of passengers. </p> <P>For the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it's the latest step to wipe out terrorism.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories">The "millimeter wave scanner" is meant as a secondary screening of passengers pulled out of the security line, and can be requested instead of the traditional pat-down.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories">The machine uses radio waves to detect foreign objects and scans the entire body at high speed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories">Because it produces such a detailed image, technology and privacy experts at the American Civil Liberties Union feel use of the machine is a violation of people's privacy.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071014/airport_scanner_071014/20071014?hub=TopStories">"It's a virtual strip search," said Melissa Ngo, a director at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "(It's) a detailed image of a person's body. 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