http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Full-body-scanners-unveiled-at-JFK-Airport/articleshow/6798973.cms
OK somebody help me out with this because I'm stuck in being able to understand what good the scanners are (except as another massive cost to the taxpayer) if there is no person at the gate to read it, or to put a body to a face, what stops the person from getting on the plane if he does have something of dangerous substance on him?
Janet is either a total idiot or this was just another elaborate way to funnel more money to Michael Chertoff's security company from the purchase of what seems to be a totally useless inconvenience.
New hi-tech 'full-body scanners' have been unveiled at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to help security officials to better detect weapons and explosives.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano along with Port Authority officials launched the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines at the airport's American Airlines terminal on Friday
"These machines represent an important way to stay ahead of the ever-evolving threat that faces the aviation industry," the New York Daily News quoted Napolitano, as saying.
Napolitano further played down privacy concerns, saying that airport staff would not be able to use the machines to leer at passengers.
"Those who read the images are not actually physically at the gate, so they cannot associate an image with an individual person at all. And the machines are set so that no image is retained," Napolitano said.
According to reports, over 300 airports in the US will be equipped with these machines this year
