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The article notes the $1 billion spent to deploy the machines, and later states that these machines are no longer in use. What is left unsaid is the cost to dep
by josho 12y ago
The article notes the $1 billion spent to deploy the machines, and later states that these machines are no longer in use. What is left unsaid is the cost to deploy the machines that replaced this model–suggesting another billion spent on more security theatre.
- kmowery 12y agoThe $1 billion number covers procurement, deployment and usage of both the Rapiscan Secure 1000 backscatter X-ray and L3 ProVision millimeter wave AIT systems. The Secure 1000s have been removed; the L3 ProVisions are still deployed in airports.