airport security: safety before privacy

Airport Security: Safety before Privacy

By, Michelle Sheffres

Simple items such as these can easily be snuck through security

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Department of Homeland Security Efficiency Review Launch

President Obama announces plans to increase airport security

Full-body scanning machines

Firearms can be detected by full body scanning machines

Full body scanners are being tested in airports.

Backscatter scanners

NO RADIATION!

Millimeter wave scanners

Full-Body Scanners at Airports: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center

Images will be viewed only by a single security officer before being deleted. 

So, what comes first, privacy or Safety? 

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