P.I.D. Radio 11/16/10: Backscatter at Home

Published: Nov. 17, 2010, 12:39 a.m.

NAKED SCANNERS aren't just for airports anymore! The Department of Homeland Security now owns 500 mobile X-ray vans that can see you while you drive or relax at home — through 14 inches of steel!
Speaking of DHS, questions are raised about the safety of its new biodefense lab. Also: "devil attack" at school in Trinidad, tensions between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and EU fracturing over economic policy.