NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Transportation Security Administration is suspending installation of the only airport checkpoint device that automatically screens passengers for hidden explosives due to problems with the system's reliability, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
"We are seeing some issues that we did not anticipate" with the devices known as "puffers," the Times quoted Randy Null, the agency's chief technology officer as saying.
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