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Released: July 20, 2010
Annoyances mount over the body scanner
Source: Joe Sharkey, NY Times (Free Registration)
YOU may think of this as the summer of the heat wave. I prefer to think of it as the summer of the body scanner.
As the Transportation Security Administration buys these machines and installs them at more and more airport checkpoints, a lot of travelers are having their initial encounters with them. And while I hear from large numbers of readers who hate the idea, it’s becoming increasingly clear that body scanners will soon be a standard part of the air travel experience.
Today, 142 body scanners are in use at 41 airports, and the security administration says it will have more than 450 installed by the end of the year.
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