Chertoff Argues for Whole Body Scanners

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Former HSA Secretary Michael Chertoff has jumped into the fray over whether to use full body scanners with an op-ed in the Washington Post. He urges that Congress fund "a large-scale deployment of next-generation systems."
Most airport security checkpoints use metal detectors. Al-Qaeda has shown that it knows how to avoid detection by using an explosive device that contains little or no metal, such as PETN, or pentaerythritol tetranitrate, used by Abdulmutallab and "shoe bomber" Richard Reid in 2001.

Of course, Chertoff has an interest in the whole body scanners because his consulting company, The Chertoff Group, {Click here} represents companies that manufacture the body-scanning machines. He has a vested interest in making sure all airports buy the machines.