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Presidential Report on Radiation Protection Advice: Screening of Humans for Security Purposes Using Ionizing Radiation Scanning Systems

Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, see Presidential Report on Radiation Protection Advice: Screening of Humans for Security Purposes Using Ionizing Radiation Scanning Systems – A Report Prepared by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements: “This Presidential Report from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) presents radiation protection advice concerning ionizing radiation-producing devices that are being evaluated for various uses in screening of humans for the purpose of security. Chief among the devices being evaluated at the present time are scanning systems that utilize x rays. This report addresses systems utilizing ionizing radiation, but also describes briefly some systems under consideration that utilize nonionizing radiation sources.”

  • New York Times Op-Ed: How 12/25 Was Like 9/11: “Government agencies are most likely to succeed when structure matches mission. With its many jurisdictional boundaries and its persistent bureaucratic fault lines, our current system, although greatly improved since 9/11, affords too many opportunities to let information slip, too many occasions for human frailty to assert itself.”
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