The botched terrorist attempt has brought a new wave of airport security. Now, full-body scanners are the latest talk by the Transportation Security Administration. The TSA wants to increase the number of full-body scanners throughout the U.S. over the next few years.
Umar Farouk would have been detected with the powdered explosive with the full-body scanner, Experts say. Abdulmutallab stuffed in his underwear and ignited aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Concerns remain that intelligence agencies compound security gaps by not properly sharing information about terror suspects, the TSA's goal is to have multiple layers of advanced technology to ensure nothing dangerous gets aboard a plane.
But the machines have raised privacy concerns because it can "see" through clothing and reveal the shape of a passenger's body. Any passenger who doesn't want to go through a full-body scanner is allowed to request a pat-down instead.
Full-body scanners will be introduced to O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, as reported by Daily Herald.
Rosemarie S. Andolino, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, was asked about the scanners Tuesday during a briefing with reporters on security measures at O'Hare and Midway airports.
The Netherlands is stepping up the security with moves to instate full-body scanners within three weeks.
The major international airport of the Netherlands will begin using full-body scanners on passengers flying to the United States to prevent a recurrence of the security breach that allowed a would-be bomber to smuggle explosives onto a flight to Detroit from Amsterdam said authorities on Wednesday.
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