take a look at these images.no, really look. yes, this is, for all intents and purposes, a nude female.
welcome to the 21st-century airport security checkpoint.
another, for good measure.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.o, well if it's only the security officer, that's ok then. i hold my local airport security men in the same regard i hold my husband, absolutely.
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[T]he TSA said the X-rays will be set up so that the image can be viewed only by a security officer in a remote location. Other passengers, and even the agent at the checkpoint, will not have access to the picture.
they're implementing this in phoenix, folks. call your congressmen.
image credit: the associated press, cbs news