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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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