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Sun: BWI Gets New, Less 'Graphic' Body Screening Software

Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport is one of about a dozen U.S. airports where the Transportation Security Administration deployed the new security software, according to the Baltimore Sun.

The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport was one of about a dozen U.S. airports where the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began using new, less invasive body imaging software.

The new software replaces the graphic depictions of people passing through the full-body scanners and replaced it with a generic image of a human body, according to the Sun.

Read the details on the Sun's website: articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-12/news/bs-md-bwi-tsa-20110811_1_tsa-officer-tsa-employee-kawika-riley.

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