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Many airports have already shown progress in tightening security without resorting to discrimination. Some have reduced staff access to the tarmac and to x-rayed luggage in order to keep unauthorized baggage and passengers off of planes. And nearly all airports are demanding that x-ray operators scrutinize every package with great care—sometimes requiring each item to pass before several pairs of eyes...
...flaws in U.S. security systems stems from the fact that only 2 to 5 percent of checked bags are X-rayed or hand-searched before being loaded onto a plane. Those bags, which are chosen randomly or flagged by a computer system, are subjected to intense scrutiny - much like the rigors endured by each and every bag tagged for Israel?s El Al airline. But most experts agree we should screen every bag that makes it onto an airplane, a task that would require at least 2,000 highly sensitive giant CT-scan machines. Each of these truck-sized x...
...Pentagon has put out a call for defense contractors, technology corporations and would-be 007-esque "Q"s to help the Department of Defense combat terrorism. Applicants were asked to submit proposals by Dec. 23 for gadgets--to be fully developed within 12 to 18 months--resembling everything from X-ray glasses to crystal balls to Star Trek Tricorder-style body scanners. Here's a guide to what the Pentagon is looking for in its quest to stamp out terrorism...
...X-RAY VISION A device that could "see" through walls and map out areas behind them...
...learning more about inhalational anthrax as we see more cases. Using an X-ray or a CAT scan, a doctor will be able to see inflamed lymph nodes in the patient?s chest, and that?s a telltale sign of anthrax...