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    I. INTRODUCTION: A full – body scanner is a device that used to capture an image of a person through their clothing to examine concealed objects without making any physical contact. These devices are being adopted at Airports in many countries. AIT assumes a critical part in Transportation Security Administration and the choice about its advantages involve open intrigue. The Technology has created a substantial debate that these are unsafe, ethical, security, and violate privacy and civil liberty

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    Airport Body Scanners and Personal Privacy Believe it or not, there was a time when passengers showed up an hour before their flights and walked directly to their assigned gates without taking off their shoes at a security screening station or throwing away their bottles of water. There was even a time when friends and family met passengers at the gate and watch their flights take off or land without having a ticket or identification…and that was only ten years ago. Air travel safety precautions

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    Are the civil liberties of the citizens of the United States sacrificed during the airport security checks with the use of body scanners for the sake of national security? This week thousands of Americans will board airplanes to head to their Thanksgiving destinations, and they will need to undergo several security checks in order to advance to their flight. Since September 11, 2001, the vulnerability and fear arose in the United States citizens about the security tactics in place to protect our

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    unnecessarily be exposed to cancer causing X-ray beams in a full body scanner? Or have a total stranger run his or her hands up and down my daughter's body for a full pat-down upon refusing the scan? Most enraging is that the scan can be done without my knowledge. Full body scanners should not be used in United States airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), on November 20, 2010 implemented the use of 385 scanners, otherwise know as advanced imaging technology in 68 airports to include

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    Our society today has transformed in ways that our Founding Fathers would have never expected. Life changing events such as 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States has set the tone in how our government responds to such horror. It has put the entire nation on an edge and citizens feel the insecurity of their government and fear for their safety. Every individual was scrutinized, but some were looked at more closely than others due to their sex, race, and religious background. Government has

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    BACKGROUND INFORMATION Airport security is currently seen as one of the biggest inconveniences attributed to travel. However a brief look back in history to some of the conditions frequent flyers were subjected to makes modern air travel look like a breeze. Some of the earliest attempts at flying required an excess of manpower. Leonardo da Vinci is credited to be the first to design basic flying machines called ornithopters, that gave man mechanical wings. Through a system of pulleys the wings could

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    for the TSA full-body scanners at airports, those could cause cancer”. Heyes is suggesting that if a person travels he or she is putting themselves at risk when it comes to getting a body scan. Additionally body scanners cause radiation just like any other types of scanners such an X-Ray, this is important because the more radiation you passed through your body the more in danger you are of getting cancer. In the article “Doctor warns about health risks of TSA body scanners” by J.D Heyes talks about

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    Since the development of planes, safety and security have been a very important key to reduce the lost of human life, United States and countless nations throughout the world have implemented many procedures and regulations to keep the traveling public safe. After 9/11 safety and security was examined with a microscope, the United States government formed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to ensure that the nation’s airports and aircrafts would not be in harm’s way. The Transportation

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    Security”) In response to this, the Transportation Security Administration has added more security measures over the years, including millimeter-wave body scanners and invasive pat-downs. Citizens’ response to the Transportation Security Administration became overwhelmingly negative after the new policies were put into effect starting 2007. “Following their [the body scanners’] widespread deployment, the American Civil Liberties Union received over 900 complaints from travelers during the month of November

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    they were being virtually strip searched and exposed. The millimeter wave scanner, after being tested by researchers, has also been revealed that the machines are not as effective as they were thought to be. Researchers have conducted studies and have proven that it is possible to sneak unauthorized objects through the machines by taping the weapon on a body part or by sewing it into your clothing line. Because the millimeter wave scanner does not have a password security system, it is also possible

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