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From Pat-Downs to Rat-Downs? Scientists Suggest Mice for Airport Security

When you go to the airport, do you feel comfortable getting an enhanced pat-down? What about an enhanced rat-down? Israeli scientists say they have found a way to harness the power of mice to bolster airport security. Brothers Eran and Alon Lumbroso have constructed an explosive detector that looks like a standard...

A Few Facts About TSA's Full-Body Scanners

How the Transportation Security Administration explains its two full-body scanners: Backscatter technology projects an ionizing X-ray beam over the body surface at high speed. The reflection, or "backscatter," of the beam is detected, digitized and displayed on a monitor. Each full body scan produces less than 10...

Expert: Scanner Training More Intense Outside of US

The full-body scanners have either been deployed, or are being seriously considered for use, in Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Nigeria, India, South Africa and most of the European Union. In those countries, the personnel are extensively trained and understand radiation, how the X-ray devices...

AOL Investigation: No Proof TSA Scanners Are Safe

If you believe the government, you have little to worry about from the radiation beam flitting over the front and back of your body in airport watchdogs' search for explosives and other hidden implements of terror this holiday season. The Transportation Security Administration says that when working properly, the...

TSA Debunks Report of Donna D'Errico 'Ghost Porn'

ose(Dec. 16) -- First, former "Baywatch" star Donna D'Errico accused the Transportation Security Administration of singling out attractive female celebrities to go through body scans, and now foreign news agencies are reporting that a copy of her body scan is starting to circulate. According to Pakistan News Time,...