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Airport Body Scanners - A Case Study

Is the introduction of body scanners at airports really a security measure to deter terrorist attacks and identify hidden bombs and explosive carried within the human body or is it simply a political
stunt to appease public opinion and put travellers' minds at rest and
boost the economy, especially at this moment in time, or is it
something else?

This is a classic case of bolting the barn door after the horses are gone. Politicians are angry and feel let down by their security services and airport security staff that the "crotch bomber" (who tried
to blow up an airplane of Christmas day) got through airport security
with his explosives undetected, and as such have demanded that drastic
actions and measures are taken by placing full-body scanners in all
airports.

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Tags: airport, full-body, scanners, security

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Permalink Reply by Chris Sparks on January 20, 2010 at 7:34pm: I would be interested to hear anybody's views on this :
important
expensive
piece of mind
tardy
introduction of something which has been around for sometime...

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