(1 Feb 2011) HEADLINE: TSA unveils 'generic' body scans
CAPTION: After complaints about privacy, the TSA is testing a new body scan system that won't look as closely under people's clothes. (Feb. 1)
NB. THIS IS A VOICEOVER TRANSCRIPT, NOT A FULL SHOT LIST
SCRIPT: (( ALL VIDEO FROM VA TSA SOT SHOW EXCEPT FOR FILE ))
(man steps in and raises arms, machine goes around 15:09:51)
The TSA has a new way of looking at air travelers
(guy steps through machine 15:11:52)
it's testing software designed to provide a more modest glimpse of people stepping through full body scanners
SOT: John Pistole, TSA administrator 15:15:10
"A generic object of a passenger, as opposed to the individual specific passenger."
(FILE passengers in security line, OR if we have video of what the specific scans looked)
critics complained those SPECIFIC X-ray type images revealed too much
(man walks in, puts hands up, walks out 15:00:34)
the new software provides a much more basic result
(screen turns green 15:05:30)
a simple "OK" if the traveler's not carrying anything suspect
(diff't angle -- man walks in, then head-on 15:08:52)
but if the software detects something
(right of stick figure on screen15:01:39)
the image looks more like a crime scene chalk outline than anything revealing, with a box in the area of the offending object
SOT: John Pistole, TSA administrator 15:15:21
"We believe it addresses the privacy issues that have been raised."
(man steps out of machine, looks at monitor while agent points 15:00:57)
the TSA hopes the new system also reassures travelers
(tight finger pointing at box15:13:05)
since they'll get a look at the result on a monitor right at the checkpoint
SOT: John Pistole, TSA administrator 15:21:20
"They are seeing exactly what the security officer is seeing, that they can say 'oh, yeah, I forgot to take that piece of paper out of my pocket or something, that's why there's something there' so they take it out. It gives them confidence in the system and how TSA goes about doing their job."
STANDUP 15:33:04
The TSA is testing the software at 3 airports -- here at Reagan National, in Atlanta and Las Vegas, to see if it works right before expanding it.
Sagar Meghani, The Associated Press, at Reagan National Airport, Virginia
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