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- Pesco and the "Eccentric Genius," Xeni gets zapped, ironic t-shirts: More Maker Faire 2008.
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This is not about preventing terrorism. This is about immigration controls. The fingerprinting enables BAA to mix domestic and international passengers in the same departure lounge (with the same lucrative shopping opportunities) without allowing internationally connecting passengers to board domestic flights and hence skip passport control.
The same system is going up in all terminals where BAA is planning to mix domestic and international traffic.