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LAT: "New concerns arise over body scanners"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

LATimes Saturday: New concerns arise over body scanners | Aviation security experts say the machines may miss items that metal detectors catch. Airline passengers may also be able to hide materials in the groin or body cavities. by Ken Dilanian, Tribune Washington Bureau: Reporting from Washington — As the government begins deploying whole-body imaging machines to replace metal detectors at airports nationwide, some security experts worry that the new technology could make it easier, not harder, to sneak weapons and explosives onto airplanes.

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on June 14, 2010 (boomark / email).