"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?"'
Can someone explain to me why this won't work? It seems pretty straightforward: Intelligence agencies pick up fingerprints of bad guys from captured safe houses and training camps, fingerprints are put in the database, bad guy tries to enter the US and gets caught. The only way to avoid it to come in some other way.
No ad hominems please. Calling Chertoff an idiot isn't an argument. Just looking for a logical explanation of the position.
Originally Posted by bocastephen
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.
I guess the terrorist tourist dollar is really important to our economy.
Now, if only we could fingerprint the illegal aliens coming across the border in Mexico. But didn't all of the 9/11 terrorists arrive by plane?