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One of the busiest airline travel days of the year went smoothly at Grand Forks International Airport on Wednesday. There was one oddity, however. Using a bullhorn, a protester outside urged arriving passengers to join in “National Opt Out Day,” a national movement against the use of body scanners. The problem? Grand Forks is not one of the 68 U.S. airports that have a scanner. When the metal detector at airport security checkpoints is activated, the only option is a pat-down. There’s no choice.
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