Airport Security, Body Scanners | featured news

A foiled plot to sneak a bomb through airport checkpoints and onto a plane bound for the United States calls attention to gaps in screening measures that are supposed to detect threats airport metal detectors miss.

The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation ...

New full-body airport security scanners using X-rays generate much lower doses than normal background radiation, a draft report compiled by international agencies says.

Passengers boarding planes at some American airports are being asked to pass through whole body scanners at security checkpoints, which penetrate their clothing.