No, they won't. Terrorists will get around these machines and bring explosives on board other ways...through Muslim ground crews, baggage handlers and caterers, for example. B
Airport X-rays to find explosives http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7015678.stm A new X-ray machine that automatically detects explosives and liquids in passengers' hand luggage will be introduced at seven UK airports. The Advanced Threat Identification X-ray (ATIX) system takes multiple views of a bag in the time current X-ray machines take a single view. It will replace existing X-ray machines at all BAA's UK airports, including Gatwick and Glasgow, from March 2008. It will also be used in Heathrow's new Terminal Five, which opens on 27 March. It is the first time new X-ray technology has been used at UK airport checkpoints for a decade. It will be used alongside a new automatic tray return system, which speeds the movement of non-threatening bags and diverts suspicious bags down a separate channel for further investigation. Security officers Developer Smiths Detection said the ATIX system would combat terrorism and shorten journey times through airports for passengers. However, it would not explain how the system automatically detected explosives and liquids, stating it was a trade secret. Meanwhile, Heathrow Airport will soon have over 60% more security officers than it had in summer 2006, a total of around 4,000 officers, a BAA spokesman said. Around 660 of these will be based at the new Terminal Five. Construction workers handed control of the terminal to BAA and British Airways (BA) last week, and reporters were invited to visit the terminal on Thursday. More than 1,000 people set up camp at Heathrow Airport for eight days last month, to protest against UK airport expansion. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
