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With Holiday Travel Looming, Security Screening Questioned

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A woman undergoes a pat-down during TSA security screening, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, in Seattle. (AP)
A woman undergoes a pat-down during TSA security screening, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, in Seattle. (AP)

With the Thanksgiving holiday coming up, millions of travelers are getting ready to fly.

Some of those travelers say the new body imaging screeners, which had their first run in Boston at Logan Airport, are a violation of privacy. But some security experts insist they're necessary to detect new types of non-metal bombs that can be hidden in underwear or elsewhere on the body.

WBUR's Andrew Phelps examines the holiday travel circus.

This program aired on November 22, 2010.

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