[IP] more on U.S. to Mandate Fingerprinting and Photos of More Foreigners [here we go... djf]
From: Nathan COCHRANE <NCOCHRANE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I travelled through the US recently and I was pleasantly surprised at how
unobtrusive the new measures were. Then again, I was on the old Visa Waiver
system and did not have to submit to fingerprinting and so on. The DHS
staff were outright apologetic at the extra delays and inconveniences
caused, however minor.
But I can envisage no circumstance where I would travel to the US under the
proposed biometric plan. Especially as it is a betrayal of the US standing
agreements with Australian citizens. It is a slap in the face to fellow
"Coalition of the Willing" participants.
As to trading fingerprints and photos, much of this can be done using
existing intel-signals information infrastructure. But it raises the
spectre of a de facto national identity card as people who travel to the US
will have their information taken and transmitted to Australian security
services. This is a gross violation of our native rights, with our federal
government a passive accessory.
It is a national identity system by the backdoor for countries such as
Australia, which handily explains why they have not kicked up a ruckus
about the profiling of their citizens by a foreign power.
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