TSA Commissions Study of X-Ray Body Scanners

By Michael Grabell, ProPublica Dec 20, 2012 After months of congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to explore the health effects of the agency's X-ray body scanners. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports

By Michael Grabell, ProPublica Oct 20, 2012 The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks and replacing them with machines that radiation experts believe are safer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Dutch Museum Solves Van Gogh Mystery

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2012 Is it or isn't it? Turns out it is -- that is, a still-life painting of a dynamic flower arrangement that experts at the Kroeller-Mueller Museum in the Netherlands once believed to be the work of Vincent van Gogh but then questioned has been reattributed to the Dutch postimpressionist, thanks in part to some X-ray sleuthing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Airport Rage, Animated

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2010 Taiwanese satire machine NMA World Edition has cranked out another timely animated play on a story making headlines over here in the U.S., and once again, we end up looking pretty silly. Surprise! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Airport X-Ray Scanners Hit the Road

G.W. Schulz / Truthdig Sep 9, 2010 While debate continues in the United States over whole-body imagers, manufacturers of the technology are opening deeper opportunities for themselves elsewhere that could make the controversial machines an even bigger part of everyday life. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.S. Airports Expand Full-Body Screening

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2010 Igniting criticism by privacy advocates around the world, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in the process of installing 450 full-body X-ray scanning machines in the country's airports. The machines show images of hidden objects, as well as passengers' bodies through their clothes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Long and Winding Road

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2006 In "The Road to Guantanamo," directors Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross meld documentary and re-creation to tell the story of three British citizens who were held by the United States in Guantanamo Bay for two years without charge. Earlier: Read a Truthdig article on the film Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )