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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 11:11 am
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Originally Posted by LV702
Again...

Why did they stop with the puffer machines (the real name escapes me)

I know they were buggy, but didn't they work? Why not go back to the drawing board?
They work fine at the CN Tower in YYZ, so the initial technical shortcoming is not something that was insurmountable. However, Michael Chertoff has no financial stake in companies that manufacture ETP machines. Not so with Rapiscan and the Nude-O-Scopes.
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