From
USA Today:
The Transportation Security Administration, in a potential strategy shift, may screen carry-on bags with new three-dimensional X-ray machines that are better at spotting liquid explosives, guns and other weapons.
The 3-D machines have "an extraordinary ability to find" liquids, TSA chief Kip Hawley told USA TODAY. "They're a step beyond where we are today."
I find the above statement terribly misleading. The DHS has already admitted that x-ray's can't detect explosives, so making the statement that these new machines "are better at spotting liquid
explosives" is completely false.
So where's the ROI using enhanced (i.e. more expensive) x-ray machines to see an object better, but still not be able to tell if it's an explosive? Why bother?
Edited to add:
Just found this interesting quote in a
Washington Post article from September:
"What gives me the capability to find explosives now?" Kip Hawley, head of the Transportation Security Administration, asked in an interview. "The answer is X-rays. We're looking at where we can get the biggest bang for the buck."
Geesh, what an idiot!
