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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 5:44 am
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jpatokal
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The problem is not all countries have machine-readable passports. The fact that the US now (de facto) requires these and other countries have to follow suit is, quite possibly, the only good thing to come out of the terrorism brouhaha...
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