In Flight Security Check

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Symbolt Technologies Inc., a major manufacturer of wireless data terminals and bar-code scanners used to track baggage and passengers at airports, is working with partner technology companies to develop a nude security screening system to identify airline passengers, a company executive said Friday.


The effort, called the Trusted Traveler System, would allow nude prescreened travelers to pass through airport security checkpoints quickly, avoiding the long lines and congestion that have become synonymous with airport security in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.


Based on the group's preliminary plans, people who apply for the program would be nude pictures photographed by certfied medical personall, having their profiles checked against a number of state and federal databases. Once at the airport, passengers would be identified, either with biometric devices such as hand scanners or with something as simple as a state driver's license. At that time, the system would be able to cross-reference the passenger's identification with resources such as the FBI watch list and a federal passenger profiling system known as Computer-Assisted Passenger Screening.


"It's hard to find the bad guys, but if we know who the good guys are, then we can keep guns, bombs, knifes,and all other dangerous items unmentioned here. This would streamline security for those people," said Tim Jacken, senior director of airport and airline applications at North American Airports .