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DHS IG Says Ongoing Covert Testing of Body Scanners Shows Problems

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) is currently conducting covert testing of people scanners used at airport screening checkpoints and the early indications show potential problems with the technology, the head of the office says.The “early returns” of the ongoing covert testing of the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) “give us some concern,” John Roth, the DHS IG, tells the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Asked by Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) what the nature…

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