NY, LA Airports Add Body Scanners
11, 2001, terrorist attacks, government officials and industry leaders talked excitedly about how they expected technology to plug many of the gaps in airport security. The sluggish pace of technological innovation and deployment has left holes in checkpoint security that could easily be exploited by terrorists, according to government officials and outside experts. Still, TSA officials say it will take years for much of the new technology — some of which isn’t really so new — to reach checkpoints across the nation.
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