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Business/Financial

TSA’s Golden Touts X-Ray AT as Foundation for Aviation Checkpoint

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

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Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray machines that will replace current X-Ray machines at aviation security checkpoints will be the main platform that gives screening officers better tools to find "bad things" in passengers' carry on bags, a senior Transportation Security Agency (TSA) official says. "AT technology is probably the foundation for the checkpoint moving forward," Mike Golden, TSA's chief technology and information officer and assistant administrator for operational process and technology, tells the American Association of Airport Executives Aviation Security Summit.…

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Congress

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