Say goodbye to "naked image" body scanners
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A TSA officer views images from the Advanced Imaging Technology unit at John F. Kennedy International Airport in this October 22, 2010 file photo. The backscatter X-ray full-body scanners can see through clothing, and screen passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats, including explosives. / Michael Nagle/Getty Images WASHINGTON The last of the so-called "naked image" body scanners will soon be removed from U.S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is severing its $5 million software contract with OSI Systems Inc. for Rapiscan "Secure 1000" units, after the company couldn't produce less revealing images in time to meet a congressional deadline, reports CBS News aviation and transportation correspondent Sharyl Attkisson. Seventy-six of the machines have already been removed from U.S. airports; there are currently 174 left. But body scanners are not being removed from airports entirely. Still in use are machines made by L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
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TSA ends contract, removes Rapiscan "Secure 1000" body images scanners from airports after company fails to meet deadline to make scans less invasive of privacy
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