Airport Body Scanners Fooled By Human Tissue:
Backscatter X-ray systems can't reliably spot even a large quantity of plastic explosives hidden against the skin, warn researchers.
Body scanner makers doubled lobbying cash over 5 years:
WASHINGTON — The companies with multimillion-dollar contracts to supply American airports with body-scanning machines more than doubled their spending on lobbying in the past five years and hired several high-profile former government officials to advance their causes in Washington, government records show.
Backscatter X-ray systems can't reliably spot even a large quantity of plastic explosives hidden against the skin, warn researchers.
Body scanner makers doubled lobbying cash over 5 years:
WASHINGTON — The companies with multimillion-dollar contracts to supply American airports with body-scanning machines more than doubled their spending on lobbying in the past five years and hired several high-profile former government officials to advance their causes in Washington, government records show.