European nations were sharply divided Thursday over the need to install full-body scanners at European airports, with some EU members playing down the need for beefed-up security measures.
| "Jihadis traditionally blow themselves up in America, not here." |
After meeting in Brussels on Thursday, EU aviation security experts released a statement saying the EU Commission may issue a binding regulation on imaging technology to reinforce passenger security, while at the same time addressing the conditions for using such technology, such as privacy, data protection and health issues.
Italy on Thursday joined the United States, Britain and the Netherlands as nations that have announced plans to install the scanners following a Nigerian man's reported attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day.
Washington is seeking enhanced security measures on all trans-Atlantic flights heading for the United States. That's a huge task, however, since European airports carry thousands of passengers on more than 800 flights a day across the lucrative North Atlantic route.
If it's that lucrative they shouldn't have any trouble bearing the expense ...
| If expenses are increased, it won't be as lucrative. |
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