Face recognition tech sparks privacy and safety debate
Our view argues that while Visionics and Vissage offer airport face scan systems, their actual usefulness is uncertain. Trials at Fresno-Yosemite and planned tests at Palm Beach, DFW, and Logan expose privacy invasions and false positives. Passengers may feel safer as allies against terror, but overuse risks eroding civil liberties.
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Visionics Corp
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Visionics
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California
Palm Beach International
Florida
Dallas-Fort Worth
Boston
Logan
Miami
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Public Forum contact details for Odessa American readers
Odessa American invites reader comments on public issues. Provide opinions via mail at P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas or via the Internet at onletters link.freedom.com Fox contact number is 915-333-7742.
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Texas lawmakers and officials contact details listed
The document provides addresses for Rep. George E. Buddy West Odessa Rep. Tom Craddick Midland Sen. Robert Duncan Lubbock or Odessa Sen. Teel Bivins Amarillo Gov. Rick Perry Austin with respective mailboxes and street addresses for official correspondence.
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Buddy” West
Odessa
Austin
Texas
E. University
Suite
Tom Craddick
Midland
Robert Duncan
Lubbock
Eighth St
Teel Bivins
Amarillo
Rick Perry
State Capitol
Bushs second front health care reform by stance and plan
Cal Thomas outlines President Bushs drive to revitalize health care by expanding choice through medical savings accounts and tax credits. He argues for individual control over funds, employer pooling, and targeted aid for the uninsured, claiming centralized systems hinder quality and cost efficiency while linking battlefield success to domestic reform.
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Medical College of
Wisconsin
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Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
The High Cost of Shibboleths in Politics
Thomas Sowell argues that political shibboleths shape debate by branding supporters as good people and suppressing hard facts. He notes media bias toward stories that fit these identity markers and urges more factual argument and open discussion of consequences. Lowell supports this view as Hoover Institution senior fellow.
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