by Ned S. Levi | Apr 27, 2015
TSA relies on its L3 ProVision full body scanners, which use millimeter wave (MMW), terahertz radio frequency technology to detect objects concealed by air travelers at TSA security checkpoints. These scanners are in use at major and midsized US airports, scanning...
by Ned S. Levi | Dec 3, 2012
During the holiday season, many who don’t fly at other times of the year are off to the airport to visit family and to vacation while their children are “off” from school for the Christmas/New Year’s break. Especially if you’re traveling with...
by Ned S. Levi | Nov 28, 2011
On Wednesday, November 2, TSA Administrator John Pistole testifying at a Senate hearing told senators that TSA would finally conduct an independent study of their backscatter x-ray full body scanners. Now that a new Inspector General report is about to be released,...
by Ned S. Levi | Nov 9, 2010
TSA (Transportation Security Administration) spokeswoman Suzanne Trevino stated in August of this year, referring to the images produced by the full body scanners in airports, “Our images can’t be printed, stored or transmitted.” An August 6, 2010 entry in the...
by Ned S. Levi | Nov 1, 2010
This past week, full body scanners debuted at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). Tippee Allender, an account executive from Greenville, SC, one of the first passengers at PHL to go through the scanner said, “It’s fine with me. I’d rather be safe on...
