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The TSA will be installing 150 full body scanners in airports this year and there is another 300 on order. Since the failed Christmas bombing plot, the TSA is tightening security at airports. But are these high-tech scanners the answer? What about the privacy concerns over the revealing images they generate? And, just how onerous will air travel become? We’ll talk about airport security with aviation experts DOUGLAS LAIRD of Laird Associates and ROBERT RAFFEL from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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