AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Airline passengers barely blinked at using a new security scanning system this week that essentially lets guards peer beneath their clothes, a spokeswoman for Amsterdam's airport said Wednesday.

 

''People figure, if this is going to let me get through the lines quicker, then I'll do it,'' spokeswoman Miriam Snoerwang said.

 

The ''millimeter wave'' system being tested is under consideration for deployment in the United States. It differs from the ''backscatter'' system being tested at some airports, including Phoenix, in that it uses low-energy radio waves, rather than high-energy X-rays, to create a dim outline of a passenger's body.

 

Both systems allow guards to see any suspicious object, such as a gun, that passengers may have concealed under their clothes.

 

Chicago's airports don't use either system.

Faces are blurred, but not chests or crotches. Snoerwang said otherwise ''women could just hide things by stuffing them in their bras.''

 

AP

Edited May 17, 200718 yr by BigSqwert

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