I suspect an "unofficial" official version of this program has been in place for a while. I can't see how the AIT would be anything but trouble for scanning children. "Stand like this", "Now hold still", "Oh looks like you moved", "Assist for diaper inspection..." "YouTube here we come!"

TSA probably made a list of most likely to outrage majority of American public and screening of children probably made the top of the list.

But it is the first time I think we've seen an admission by anyone from the TSA that the threat level is not high: "Children have been used in terrorist plots, Pistole noted, but he said he believes the current threat level is low enough to test the new protocol". (One other time might be when they decided to lift the ban on lighters).

This seems run counter to the current trend to simply add on layers. In this case they truly are removing a layer, and for that much I agree with SATTSO that it's a step in the right direction. Now if only they could admit that the threat of bombs in underpants is low enough...