Every Airport Traveller to be Fingerprinted in Europe

Airport Business ^ | 8/18/2006 | Sfaff

[ContraryMary]

The plan to extend biometric procedures - already enforced in the United States, Canada and Australia...

What biometric procedures? Granted, it's been two months since I've been on an airplane, but I don't recall any "biometric" procedures.

[Rushmore Rocks]

We travel internationally alot with our business. The only place we were ever fingerprinted (actually, it was just our thumbs) was Sao Paulo, Brazil. We did have body tempurature scans in Asia (during the SARS scare). Nothing similar in Europe. But, we do find security screenings are much more intensive outside of the U.S.

Flying to Riga, Latvia on Monday. Going through Stockholm. I will not fly through London or Berlin right now. Curious to see if anything has really changed.

[Soren]

I saw fingerprint scanners being used on international arrivals in the Philadelphia airport last Monday. It appeared to be only on non-US citizens.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Global police state.

[sittnick]

Jews even use real pigskin footballs when they play jewboy football!

Does that mean that Y.A. Tittle had to ritual purify himself after every game and practice?

[Centurion2000]

I highly recommend that all passengers be finger-printed using pig's blood as the medium - anyone that refuses to be denied boarding....

Not a bad idea at all ... not sure if Jews would balk but I doubt the are that superstitious. They may just wash their hands later.

[goalinestan]

Non-US residents are fingerprinted and photographed each time they come through U.S. immigration...

The first time is to capture their information, and after that to confirm the match. It's an extra layer of security beyond just a passport and takes about 1 minute.

Here's a link:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0525.xml

[Salgak]

Ever hear of US-VISITS ????? If you enter the US from many places, you have to do a thumbprint. . .

[VRWCTexan]

It it's up to me I give the Jews a free pass - based on no known association with terrorists

[griffin]

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[freedumb2003]

Fingerprinting? Iris-scanning?

There is no right to fly. If you don't want it, stay home or take a boat.

They have been fingerprinting international travellers to and from the USA for quite some time.

[Sam Cree]

""As we face the threat of mass murder we have to accept that the rights of the individual that we enjoy must, and will be, balanced with the collective right of security and the protection of life and limb that our citizens demand."

Unfortunately phrased. It is also the individual who has the right to protection and security. When the individual is protected, the collective is automatically protected. It doesn't necessarily work the other way.