Asking the right questions: body scanners, is salus populi supreme lex the answer?
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The body scanning device, used at some airports to view through passenger's clothing to the surface of the skin, is considered to be a major improvement toward ensuring that weapons or explosives are not carried onto commercial aircraft, making airline travel safer, and the nation more secure. In the ten years since September 11, 2001, airport security has become increasingly invasive. Air passengers must now choose either a full-body scan or a very thorough pat-down. If a traveler opts for the body scan, she must step into a room-like enclosure, hold her hands above her head, and allow the body scanner device to produce a nude image of her. An agent of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in a room situated away from the scanning area, examines the scan and "clears" the person if there is no problem, at which point the TSA personnel with the passenger will give her permission to proceed on her journey. If anything suspicious is discovered, the TSA personnel conduct a pat down or perhaps detain the passenger for questioning. The body scanners purchased and installed by the Transportation Security Agency are of two kinds of technologies. The first is backscatter technology and the second is millimeter wave technology. Backscatter technology works by photographing the pattern of the
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Health matrix
دوره 22 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013