Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears (AP)

FILE - In this June 25, 2003 file photo, Susan Hallowell holds up a side arm that was detected by the 'backscatter' machine at the Transportation Security Administration in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Schick said Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, whole-body imagery systems — rather than standard metal detectors — could be an effective method of strengthening airport security.  (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price, file)AP – High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because of privacy concerns over the way the machines see through clothing.

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