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‘Inexcusable’ delay on TSA body-scanner safety reports

Posted on February 9, 2011July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Alison Young reports:

The Transportation Security Administration has told members of Congress that more than 15 million passengers received full-body scans at airports without any malfunctions that put travelers at risk of an excessive radiation dose.

Despite the reassurance, however, the TSA has yet to release radiation inspection reports for its X-ray equipment — two months after lawmakers called for them to be made public following USA TODAY’s requests to review the reports.

TSA spokesman Kristin Lee says that the agency is still trying to ensure that the reports don’t contain any “sensitive security or privacy-protected information” and that she expects they will be released “within the next few weeks.”

Read more on USA Today.

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