Air travelers in Chicago will soon be literally exposed to a revealing full-body scan before boarding planes.The imaging equipment is part of a new security arsenal that includes advanced technology X-ray machines for screening carry-on items as well as scanners that analyze bottled liquids, authorities said.
The new full-body imaging machines that will arrive at O'Hare this fall look through clothing to create an explicit silhouette of the traveler—showing shapes, folds of fat and other anatomical characteristics—to identify possible hidden objects. Even though facial features are blurred to protect privacy, the images reveal breasts, buttocks and other private parts, prompting some civil liberties groups to call the machines an unacceptable intrusion. Federal security officials said screeners will view images of both male and female passengers.
"The image has to be graphic," said Kip Hawley, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. "You want it to be because the clever terrorist has no objection to hiding whatever they are hiding wherever they want to hide it."
source-chicago sun times
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