Body Scanning At Airports

A full-body scanner is a device used to scan an individual's body for security screening without making any physical contact.

Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, US officials said on Thursday.

The Transport Security Administration (TSA) has implemented the controversial full-body scanners at many US airports as part of strengthening up security of air travel. While several passengers said they had no difficulties in passing through new security systems, others are up in arms.Thirty one-year-old John Tyner has become the unofficial hero o...

Caught between complaints that airport screening has become too intrusive and threats of new terror attacks on aviation, Obama administration officials said on Sunday that they were sensitive to criticisms that security measures go too far, but insisted that the measures now in place are justified by the risks. (Read: Body searches at US airpor...

A full-body scanner is a device used to scan an individual's body for security screening without making any physical contact.

Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, US officials said on Thursday.

The Transport Security Administration (TSA) has implemented the controversial full-body scanners at many US airports as part of strengthening up security of air travel. While several passengers said they had no difficulties in passing through new security systems, others are up in arms.Thirty one-year-old John Tyner has become the unofficial hero o...

Caught between complaints that airport screening has become too intrusive and threats of new terror attacks on aviation, Obama administration officials said on Sunday that they were sensitive to criticisms that security measures go too far, but insisted that the measures now in place are justified by the risks. (Read: Body searches at US airpor...