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Newark. NJ (1/2/10) - A lot of people have demanded more full body scanners at airports because of the attempted bombing of a plane on Christmas Day. Newark Liberty Airport will be the first area airport to get the new machines.
The Transportation Security Administration is ordering 150 of the scanners for U.S. airports. Newark's scanners will be installed at Terminal B. Terminal B handles the planes coming from other countries.
Only 19 scanners are already in use across the country.
Critics say the scanners show too much of a person's body and are an invasion of privacy. Plus they are asking where the pictures will be stored? What if you go through the scanner and then your pictures end up on the internet?
Other people say that the scanners could have shown the bomb that the terrorist named Abdulmutallab brought on board Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day.
Investigators say the bomb was in Abdulmutallab's underwear, and that he tried to set it off as the plane was preparing to land.
Abdulmutallab was able to board the plane despite warnings from his father about his extremist views, and the fact that he was on a list of people with suspected terrorist ties.
Obama is set to meet with homeland security officials at the White House today to talk about intelligence failures that allowed the Nigerian native to fly to the United States.
Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) Why are people demanding more full body scanners?
4) Why do critics think that the scanners are a bad idea?
5) What was the name of the terrorist that tried to blow up the plane on Christmas day?
6) What airport if going to get the scanners first?
7) What do you think of the full body scanners? Good idea? Bad idea? Why?
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