US BIOMETRICS POLICIES TO ENHANCE SECURITY, SPEED UP TRAVEL
May 1st, 2011
BY KARRYN MILLER
WITH the heightened threat of terrorism post-9/11, America has undertaken a number of measures to tighten its current airport security operations. However, these increasingly strict measures have often come at the expense of passengers' time and patience, with lengthy queues and - what some believe to be - invasion of privacy turning people off air travel.
"While our government and passengers deserve credit for preventing another terrorist attack like what happened nearly 10 years ago on 9/11, each day in the United States, roughly two ...
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