Reply #39: WRONG: Not true... Dogs yes... Not US-type scanners

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The European Commission requires that each airport use metal detectors, but beyond that, it leaves protocols up to each nation, which means inspection systems vary. Few of them use full-body scanners, which authorities have not widely adopted because "the privacy and health of passengers must be protected" and "scanning alone cannot stop terrorism," the European Parliament's Transport Committee said in a statement.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40318044/ns/travel-news/

European security officials pointed to a test of the body scanners earlier this year at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, which concluded that scanners "are not a mature technology for now."

Martin Broughton, chairman of British Airways , said recently that European authorities should resist pressure from Washington to adopt U.S.-style measures, saying they should not have to "kowtow to the Americans every time they want something done."