Hi Blog. Thus spake the hegemon:
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U.S. official hopes Japan will shift to 10-finger immigration screening TOKYO \u2014 A U.S. Homeland Security Department official voiced hope Tuesday that the Japanese government will start sometime in the future to take the fingerprints of all 10 fingers of each foreign visitor to step up accuracy of the screening system at immigration.<\/i><\/p>\n Robert Mocny, head of the US-Visit Program of the department, told Kyodo News the U.S. government is “willing to talk with the government of Japan to follow what we’ve done,” referring to the 10-finger system the United States has launched at some airports since November. COMMENT: Once again, the US is sticking their fingers where they don’t belong… I don’t really understand why the US is so concerned about how other countries fingerprint (when Japan is already doing more biometric border control than most countries). The last gasps of a waning administration pulling whatever levers they can before November elections? Or just lobbying for more business for Accenture?<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWednesday, February 6, 2008 at 07:00 EST
\nhttp:\/\/www.japantoday.com\/jp\/news\/427187<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n
\nENDS
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