Loss of Privacy

From PBS:

Miles O’Brien reports on the safety of the latest backscatter body-scanning machines that are widely used in American airport security.

Hari Sreenivasan caught up with Miles this week to get some behind-the-scenes intelligence on the piece. What do we know about the ionizing radiation emitted by these scanners? Why are such security devices outlawed in the European Union? And what would it take for a terrorist to beat one?

Watch Behind the Backscatter on PBS. See more from PBS NEWSHOUR.

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PBS report on biometrics in Afghanistan.

Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.

Frontline will be airing a special about the Washington Post investigation, Top Secret America, this fall.

Mr. Rogers went to the U.S. Senate in 1969, talked for 6 minutes, and got $20 million dollars for Public Broadcasting.

This was in part in response to significant proposed cuts by President Nixon.