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(CBS) It wasn’t that long ago when this kind of airport security was the stuff of Hollywood fantasy. But that fantasy has now become a bare bones fact. Ever since terrorist Richard Reid tried to detonate a bomb hidden in his shoes, the government has been searching for a faster, more efficient way to detect plastic explosives. Airport security screeners have the ability to take the shirt right off your back, “so all anatomical features are shown,” says Null. It’s called Backscatter X-ray — low levels of radiation that could deliver high levels of embarrassment at airports all across the country...
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