In some airports where the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed machines that peer beneath a person’s clothing to scan for threats, the agency has hardly used the body imagers despite costing potentially several millions of dollars to deploy and operate, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) official. Moreover, not using the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines more frequently limits their security benefit, Stephen Lord, director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues with GAO, told a joint hearing of…
GAO Finds Infrequent Use By TSA Of Some Body Imagers
Defense Daily Staff
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