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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 5:12 pm
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US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks

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The U.S. government will take prints of all 10 fingers of foreigners entering the United States and compare them with those found at sites with ties to terrorists, the country's security chief said on Friday.

"Every single terrorist who has ever been in a safe house or a training camp or built a bomb is going to have to ask ... 'Have I ever left a fingerprint anywhere in the world that's been captured?"'


Give me a break, Darth Chertoff. The only result of this will be more visitors asking themselves if visiting the USA is worth it any more and taking their tourist dollars to friendlier places like Canada and Mexico.

As for you, Reuters...I have a 1 finger salute for your quasi-journalism and unverifiable claim that this action will "deter attacks" as you put it. Just more sensationalism and misinformation to add to the stew, eh?
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