It’s part of what the Transportation Security Administration calls Imaging Technology. And it’s wildly controversial. But ironically enough, the antics of the pant bomber may soften opposition. If he had gone through one of the full-body scanners, the explosives tapped to his leg might have been found.
In fact, according to AP there are full-body imaging equipment at airports in both Nigera and Amsterdam, but Abdulmutallab did not go through them.
And, we have them throughout the USA as well.
According to the TSA site Since 2007, TSA piloted state-of-the-art advanced imaging technologies that can detect a wide range of threats to transportation security in a matter of seconds at airports across the country to protect passengers and crews.
Currently, there are 40 millimeter wave imaging technology units in use at 19 airports. Six machines are used as primary screening at six airports and 34 machines are used for secondary, or random screening, as an alternative to a pat down at 13 airports.
TSA has been piloting millimeter wave technology in the place of the walk-through metal detector at six airports – San Francisco, Miami, Albuquerque, Tulsa, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
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