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              Controversial X-Ray Airport Scanners to be Replaced

   The U.S. Transportation Security Administration says it is removing
   full-body airport scanners that produced what appear to be naked images
   of a traveler`s body.
   The TSA said it will replace the scanners with new scanners that allow
   greater privacy.
   The TSA has canceled its contract with Rapiscan, the company that makes
   the X-ray scanner that produced the revealing body images. The TSA has
   174 Rapiscan scanners at about 30 airports.
   Rapiscan failed to meet a congressional deadline to deliver software to
   protect the privacy of passengers.
   A TSA spokesman said the Rapiscan scanners will be largely replaced by
   scanners made by L-3 Communications. L-3 scanners, already in use at
   some airports, produce a generic outline of passengers` bodies instead
   of what appear to be naked images.
   TSA had increasingly relied on the full-body scanners after a man
   allegedly tried to detonate a bomb hidden in his underwear aboard a
   transatlantic flight in December 2009. The bomb set off a rush to
   upgrade security to detect explosives underneath clothing.
   Some airline passengers considered the X-ray images an invasion of
   privacy.
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References

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