Bob at the TSA Blog has also stated the machines could not store images. I asked him directly about it last summer, but he has chosen to ignore the question:
Originally Posted by
N965VJ
Originally Posted by
TSA Bob
The storing and exporting of images only takes place in a laboratory or testing environment while in "test mode." Machines in the airports will not be placed in test mode and there is nobody at the airports who have the capability of placing it in that mode. This mode is not even accessible by the people who perform maintenance on the machines.
Is that to say that the machines could never store and transmit images, even if DHS/TSA desires this capability at some time in the future?