New screening technology
Wired News
10/19/04
U.S. government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation's planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be terrorist's stomach. ... Currently, the TSA is field-testing a wide range of new gadgets and systems. At five airports, for example, the agency is testing passenger-screening portals that shoot puffs of air at passengers to loosen particles, which the machine then quickly tests for explosive residue. At the back doors of airports, the TSA is testing fingerprint and iris checkers that would keep out unauthorized people."
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,65366,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
10/19/04
U.S. government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation's planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be terrorist's stomach. ... Currently, the TSA is field-testing a wide range of new gadgets and systems. At five airports, for example, the agency is testing passenger-screening portals that shoot puffs of air at passengers to loosen particles, which the machine then quickly tests for explosive residue. At the back doors of airports, the TSA is testing fingerprint and iris checkers that would keep out unauthorized people."
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,65366,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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