U.S. to Insist That Travel Industry Get Fingerprints
The U.S. government today will order commercial airlines and cruise lines to prepare to collect digital fingerprints of all foreigners before they depart the country under a security initiative that the industry has condemned as costly and burdensome.
The proposal does not say where airlines must collect fingerprints — at airport check-in counters, departure gates or kiosks somewhere in between. But the government estimates the undertaking will cost airlines $2.3 billion over 10 years, a U.S. homeland security official said.
Read the rest of the article from the Washington Post
The comments made by Chertoff about fingerprints not being personal data fits well in this picture. Just a small step to introduce the same conditions for domestic travellers and your police state is in full effect.
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