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In reply to the discussion: TSA ends contract with Rapiscan, maker of full-body scanner [View all]pnwmom
(108,973 posts)20. Half of the machines already in place use sound waves instead of x-rays.
So depending on where you're flying to and from, you might consider flying anytime.
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I am sure they intended to suggest rapid scan, but it reads like rape is scan. nt
MADem
Jan 2013
#10
The marketing people dont have to be very clever when they have good lobbyists.
rhett o rick
Jan 2013
#18
No. Read the article. The other type of machine doesn't use x-rays. Many people on DU
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#4
This is the company through which Michael Chertoff, a Bushie, was stealing millions from taxpayers.
PSPS
Jan 2013
#7
Not to worry. They will replace rapiscans by machines made by a different company.
LisaL
Jan 2013
#16
HA! I have been railing against those radiation spewing machines for a while
flamingdem
Jan 2013
#22
Introducing a "gingerbread man" software update should have been simple for them...
TroglodyteScholar
Jan 2013
#40