{"id":395001,"date":"2010-03-05T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T18:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9036d40970b"},"modified":"2010-03-05T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T18:55:57","slug":"lax-getting-body-scanning-equipment-for-security-checkpoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/395001","title":{"rendered":"LAX getting body-scanning equipment for security checkpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles International Airport is among nine airports nationwide to get body-scanning equipment, according to the Transportation Security Administration. <\/p>\n<p>Three other California airports &#8212; San Jose, San Diego and Oakland &#8212; will also be getting the equipment, the TSA announced in a statement on Friday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplosive Trace Detection technology is a critical tool in our ability to stay ahead of evolving threats to aviation security,\u201d TSA Acting Administrator Gale Rossides said in a statement. \u201cExpanding the use of this technology at checkpoints and at departure gates greatly enhances security to keep the traveling public safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been increased calls for body-scanning equipment since the failed Christmas Day\u00a0bombing attempt on a Detroit-bound jet. But some have expressed concerns about workers viewing the bodies of passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The new scanners will be placed in the passenger security-line areas, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Shelby Grad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles International Airport is among nine airports nationwide to get body-scanning equipment, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Three other California airports &#8212; San Jose, San Diego and Oakland &#8212; will also be getting the equipment, the TSA announced in a statement on Friday. \u201cExplosive Trace Detection technology is a critical tool in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}