TheRake
06-28-2004, 01:58 PM
Story here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=5&u=/ap/20040628/ap_on_re_us/airport_background_checks)
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Those chosen for a three-month pilot program for the Transportation Security Administration will be able to bypass extra security inspections if they agree to submit to background checks in advance.
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Participants in the pilot program will be required to give the government their name, address, phone number, birth date and "biometric identifiers," including fingerprint and iris scan. That information will be matched against law enforcement and intelligence databases such as the terrorist watch list.
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Would you be willing to give the government this information to make air travel more convenient?
TheRake
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Those chosen for a three-month pilot program for the Transportation Security Administration will be able to bypass extra security inspections if they agree to submit to background checks in advance.
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Participants in the pilot program will be required to give the government their name, address, phone number, birth date and "biometric identifiers," including fingerprint and iris scan. That information will be matched against law enforcement and intelligence databases such as the terrorist watch list.
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Would you be willing to give the government this information to make air travel more convenient?
TheRake