TSA Buys 150 Body Scanners For Digital Strip Searches
The Transportation Security Administration announced this week that will be expanding its full-body scanner program which takes digital images of a passenger’s body underneath their clothes at airport security checkpoints. The agency will procure 150 of the machines, with five showing up at Sea-Tac Airport next year. The body scanners, which critics say provide a digital strip search and are detailed enough to show genitalia, will be an alternative to metal detectors, the TSA announced. According to the TSA: Advanced imaging technology does not store, print, transmit or save the image. All machines have zero storage capability and all images are automatically deleted from the system after they are reviewed by the remotely located security officer. Of course I believe the TSA is being honest…
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