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Sunday, July 04, 2004

AP Jun 28:

A group of frequent fliers stood in long lines at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Monday, hoping the wait would mean less time queued up in the future.

Those chosen for a three-month pilot program for the Transportation Security Administration will be able to bypass extra security inspections if they agree to submit to background checks in advance.
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The test program will be expanded to airports in Boston, Los Angeles, Houston and Washington between now and November, officials said. It could be expanded nationally based on the tests results and funding, TSA officials said.
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Participants in the pilot program will be required to give the government their name, address, phone number, birth date and "biometric identifiers," including fingerprint and iris scan. That information will be matched against law enforcement and intelligence databases ...

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