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Tulsa first U.S. airport with only body scanners

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The Tulsa airport is the first in the nation with only backscatter body scanners that can see you under your clothes. The Tulsa World noted it was received "without complaint" by travelers. From Gadling: It was only a matter of time - the first airport in the nation has switched to full body scanners as a replacement for the usual metal detector at the checkpoint. The scanners use electromagnetic waves to create an image of you - sans clothes. The image is viewed by a TSA agent in a nearby room, which should at least mean you don't hear their chuckles as you pass through the scanner. A TSA screener who operates the machine reported that the images "are not pornographic at all", and that she merely sees them as "a thing that could have something on it"...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 22, 2009 (boomark / email).