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Homeland Security

TSA: Initial AIT Deployments Will Have Minimal Effect On Operations

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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The installation this year of 450 whole body imaging systems at some of the nation's airports should fit into existing aviation security checkpoints without significant modifications and their use is expected to barely increase passenger wait times, the acting chief of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told a House panel last week. Some of the airports that will receive the new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems have already said they are ready for the machines so "we're…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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