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February 12, 2008

Europe Wants Your Prints

Foreigners visiting the U.S. have been used to it.

Now it may be your turn.

The European Commission is expected to propose a new security plan to fingerprint all foreigners visiting and leaving the country. That info would be saved to a national security database shared with other governments seeking it.

The U.S. has 85 million sets of fingerprints collected through the Department of Homeland Security, according to the Washington Post story -- what's a few more among friendly governments?

Posted by Kimberly Pierceall at 9:57 AM, February 12
Tags: security





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