[privacy] Britons' Fingerprints to be Scanned for FBI Database

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Observer (UK).

[snip]

Millions of Britons who visit the United States are to have their
fingerprints stored on the FBI database alongside those of criminals, in a
move that has outraged civil rights groups.

The Observer has established that under new plans to combat terrorism, the
US government will demand that visitors have all 10 fingers scanned when
they enter the country. The information will be shared with intelligence
agencies, including the FBI, with no restrictions on their international
use.

US airport scanners now take only two fingerprints from travellers. The
move to 10 allows the information to be compatible with the FBI database.

'We are going to start testing at several airports,' a Department of
Homeland Security spokeswoman confirmed. 'It will begin some time this
summer.'

[snip]

More:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1984496,00.html

- - ferg

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