Sunday, June 3, 2007

High-tech travel ID 'inevitable'

The next step in border security is DNA in passports, report warns

Carly Weeks, CanWest News Service

Published: Monday, May 28, 2007


Canadians will inevitably have to carry travel documents with their 
DNA, biometrics or other biological identifiers embedded into them 
in order to travel to the United States, according to a new white paper
to be revealed to government officials in Ottawa today.

While many travellers and governments are frantically trying to comply 
with current border regulations that require passports for air travel, 
the report warns that's just one step in the movement toward more
secure borders.

In order to adequately confirm an individual's identity and speed up 
the process of screening passengers, governments will surely move to 
enhanced identity documents that use biological information to identity 
travellers, the paper says.

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Full article at " Edmonton Journal"
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?
id=6d8beaea-454e-4ace-a9e2-444823b13d11&k=75853

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