Airport Passenger Screening : Background and Issues for Congress.

Addresses current and upcoming issues and challenges for Transportation Security Administration airport passenger screening. Covers human performance at checkpoint screening, potential impacts of respecting privacy on screening performance, covert testing, threat image projection, X-ray imagery and...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Addresses current and upcoming issues and challenges for Transportation Security Administration airport passenger screening. Covers human performance at checkpoint screening, potential impacts of respecting privacy on screening performance, covert testing, threat image projection, X-ray imagery and carry-on baggage screening performance, passenger checkpoint efficiency, checkpoint evolution and related initiatives, next generation checkpoint technologies, screening of airport workers, and screening and vetting of airline crews.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
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