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The airlines are also worried about the potential price tag of such a program. Airline representatives claim it would cost the companies $12.3 billion a year, almost $9 billion more than the Department of Homeland Security estimates, which might force some of the struggling airline industry to simply close up shop.
Cruise lines are subject to the same rules, so don't be surprised when Mickey stops you to stick your digits on an ink-pad when you board the Big Red Boat. [Source: Washington Post via: Jaunted]
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Subscribe to commentsDaveJun 23rd 2008 1:55PM
They are trying to keep everyone in place. If they can do that then they can feed whatever drivel they want to an area and no one would know the difference. Time that Homeland Security is defanged.
dwr50Jun 23rd 2008 2:37PM
Lots of places are requiring finger prints be given , for access. Get used to it.
retro77Jun 23rd 2008 3:57PM
As long as the outside company that houses the data is held up to high security standards, the information is relatively safe.
KenHJun 23rd 2008 7:19PM
You know they will be selling the data as soon as they can collect it. This is just another way for Big Brother to keep tabs on its citizens.
What ego driven Think Group is actually believing they can stop anything this way. People that mean harm to other nations, simply train their people from birth, so if someone wants to sneak a terrorist or other on an airplane, a whole reserve known as sleeper cells are in waiting.
This is another excuse by our lame, government selling a bill of goods in the "name of safety" so the rest of the sheeple will laud it as a good thing. Actually just another slick move of infringement on our rights.
Ken H
Bob BallietJun 25th 2008 9:57AM
Thousands dead - billions of dollars spent - tons of 'rules' implemented.
All for the sake of 'safety'. Whose safety, you ask? Not us ordinary folks, but to keep those in power, in power! Judging by the job they do for 'us', their staying in power isn't worth 1 life, 1 dollar or 1 rule.
dr mitchel w eisenstein,Jun 25th 2008 2:32PM
of course big brother wants everyone to be known all the time. that wouldnt be a terrible idea if the government was completely committed to the happiness of each individual. but its not. far from it. the government is committed to securing the freedom of corporations to screw individuals, and it needs this new form of digital slavery to immasculate and eviscerate us in order to get it done. they are counting on it. and they will kill who is in the way to make sure its done. when it comes to security vs freedom, freedom is last on the list.
Mark WJun 25th 2008 4:55PM
The people in this country better wake up. The government is using scare tactics to make a police state out of this country. They are passing bills to wiretap phones without warrants. I suspect they can also seize and search your property without warrants just by calling you a terrorist. They can detain people without any of the rights afforded us just by saying you are a terrorist. Now they want to finger print everyone not just criminals.
Fingerprinting by private concerns leaves you wide open for identity thief. The more people that handle your private information the more chance there is of someone being dishonest. What are they going to do with this information? Are they going to scan your fingerprints when leaving and returning to the country to see if you are really someone other than what is on your id?