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March 26, 2008

DHS Finally Gets Full 10 Print Check System

"Under the stern gaze of passport officials and the even sterner gaze including of television cameras, the two British citizens, fresh off a morning flight from London on Tuesday, passed through customs at Kennedy International Airport separately and came to separate conclusions. Both pressed one thumb, then the other fingers on the glowing screen of a small white box. Then the process was repeated for the other hand. It was a new customs requirement, a 21st-century way of recording fingerprints. A little less than a minute later, both were cleared," the New York Times reports. "Mr. Docx and Mr. Hughes were among the first foreign travelers to undergo the Department of Homeland Security’s new 10-finger screening process, unveiled for the news media on Tuesday. The system is being tested at nine other major airports in the United States and has been under some form of testing since 2004. It will be reviewed for final approval in December."

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I`M SURE THE ACLU IS GETTING THEIR LAWSUITS READY!

Posted by: American Me on March 26, 2008 12:16 PM

IF IT SAVES ONE 911 FROM HAPPENNING AGAIN, ITS WELL WORTH IT

Posted by: Softwarengineer on March 26, 2008 05:23 PM

December?? Oh, come on. Testing since 2004? And then it will be put off until June when we get to December. And then the funding won't be there.. blah blah blah

Posted by: Rome, Georgia on March 26, 2008 10:26 PM

i'll believe it when i see it

Posted by: impeachbush on March 26, 2008 11:06 PM

It would make more sense to install this system at terminals around the world to check passengers on the way INTO the U.S. instead of waiting until they land here.
We all know what happens to illegal alien criminals once they are already here on U.S. soil.

WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

Posted by: DinTN on March 28, 2008 06:49 PM

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