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Ait
An acronym for Advanced Imaging Technology, AIT refers to controversial new scanners employed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in American airports. TSA's AIT scanners take anonymous "nude" pictures of passengers to detect the presence of weapons or other dangerous articles.
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