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Agencies Clash on Fingerprint Database

 
 
Reply Wed 29 Dec, 2004 01:57 pm
Terrorists can squeeze through our borders. Why? 'Cause federal agencies are still defending their turf, and squabbling about how to deal with fingerprints of people coming into the country.

While these folks are having meetings deciding how best to do this, ne'er do wells could just breeze into the country. Aargh!


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Disagreements between government agencies are hampering efforts to combine U.S. immigration and law enforcement fingerprint information, making it more difficult to prevent known terrorists and criminals from entering the country, according to a Justice Department review released Wednesday.

Despite some progress, the Justice, State and Homeland Security departments continue to clash over such fundamental questions as whether two or 10 fingers should be printed at U.S. borders and which law enforcement agencies should have access to the information.


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041229/D879DD601.html

I hope that the President nominates an intelligence czar fast. This nonsense was what got us into trouble in the first place in 2001!
 
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Reply Wed 29 Dec, 2004 02:05 pm
Re: Agencies Clash on Fingerprint Database
Phoenix32890 wrote:
Terrorists can squeeze through our borders.


This would mean that the USA got fingerprints of all terrorists already?
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Reply Wed 29 Dec, 2004 02:36 pm
Walter, I sincerely doubt it. We have to start somewhere though. If the US agencies cannot even agree with one another on how to proceed, how the hell are they going to work effectively against terrorists???
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