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Dallas Airport's Very Revealing Passenger Screening

The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is testing two millimeter wave whole body imaging machines on travelers. The technology allows a very detailed view of what is under clothing. Unlike an x-ray which penetrates skin, this technology does not. The technology also known as Backscatter X-Ray has been called a virtual strip-search.

New security scan at DFW Airport has privacy advocates worried, Dallas Morning News, June 16, 2008