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To: Skywatcher who wrote (959)11/17/2010 2:15:31 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) of 1521
 
November 16, 2010 11:38 PM PST
TSA plans modest changes to 'virtual strip searches'
by Declan McCullagh

An Internet-fueled backlash against air traveler screening is growing amid signs that the Transportation Security Agency will consider slight changes to its controversial new procedures.

TSA administrator John Pistole said today that the agency will be "announcing some new policies" in the "near future" that will change the screening process for pilots, who have protested being forced to choose between a "virtual strip search" or an invasive pat-down a few minutes before they're handed the controls of a 975,000-pound kerosene-fueled missile in the form of a jumbo jet. (See our previous coverage.)

But a TSA source told CNET this evening not to expect broader changes that would affect the general public. A.......

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