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Old Jul 14, 2011, 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by docr775
Here is a glimpse into the program as it is proposed:

"The report recommends a voluntary trusted-traveler program in which passengers would supply fingerprints and other personal information in return for an identification card that would allow them to bypass security lines.

Members would enter a kiosk where either fingerprint or iris scanning technology would be used to confirm their identity. Both the passenger and carry-on bags would pass through an explosives-detection device, but there would be no requirement to remove shoes, coats or hats."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...txa_story.html

What about LAPTOPS? Kippie baggies? Keys/coins from pockets?

Would the "explosives-detection devices" be WTMDs, MMW, or BKS machines? Or something else?
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