[GeronL]

won't be long afterwards when they use it on us

[Fred Mertz]

The applicant places a finger on the window, and a digital image of their print is captured. The print is then stored, along with his or her photograph and the other application information, in the Consular Consolidated Database.

Why don't they just tattoo their forearm with some sort of ink that disappears after six months? Or they could staple a chip to their left ear lobe.

[what's up]

Invest in Identix (IDNX)

[dagnabbit]

"It's an aggressive deployment schedule," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Janice L. Jacobs said, although she added that she expects the schedule to be met because the State Department has used the technology since April 1998 to issue border-crossing cards to Mexican citizens.

Too bad the INS, now DHS, has never bothered to deploy machines to actually read the cards produced by the State dept. These cards are one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on taxpayers.

[Drammach]

Almost impossible to scan all 40 as they run the checkpoint in that big produce truck..

Maybe after the CHP catches them.. some of them.. a few of them.?

[Prodigal Son]

Spielberg's Minority Report looks a little more plausible. (not the precogs but all the security checkpoints).