Suprise Suprise
Apr 3rd 2004, 8:47 am
#16
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,521
Re: Suprise Suprise
Originally posted by Squirrel
All but one came perfectly legally so how would fingerprinting have stopped them exactly? .....
All but one came perfectly legally so how would fingerprinting have stopped them exactly? .....
Apr 3rd 2004, 9:13 am
#17
Account Closed
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 928
Re: Suprise Suprise
Originally posted by Pulaski
It wouldn't, finger printing is to ensure that there is accurate tracking of those coming and going. I'd bet that those who come and go regularly without apparent good need - e.g. coming on business to a known US corporation, will get special attention at immigration.
It wouldn't, finger printing is to ensure that there is accurate tracking of those coming and going. I'd bet that those who come and go regularly without apparent good need - e.g. coming on business to a known US corporation, will get special attention at immigration.
So in other words all the waffle about it being to fight terrorism is just bull, they really only want it for immigration purposes.
Apparantly out of 5 million so far fingerprinted they have found just 200 people with criminal records or immigration violation. A 'hit' rate of 0.0004. Number of terror suspects found = nil.
Apr 4th 2004, 12:30 am
#18
Forum Regular
Joined: Mar 2004
Location: Panhandle Florida
Posts: 160
Re: Suprise Suprise
Originally posted by Squirrel
All but one came perfectly legally so how would fingerprinting have stopped them exactly? Maybe if the US had listened to the flying school's warning it would have been stopped.
I think we should start fingerprinting all American visitors to the UK.
All but one came perfectly legally so how would fingerprinting have stopped them exactly? Maybe if the US had listened to the flying school's warning it would have been stopped.
I think we should start fingerprinting all American visitors to the UK.
I think there are going to be new rules for US coming to UK now too but can't find the link someone sent me a couple of months ago. I do agree if it is needed here it must be needed there too for British security!!
Suzieque
Apr 4th 2004, 3:03 am
#19
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,521
Re: Suprise Suprise
Originally posted by Squirrel
So in other words all the waffle about it being to fight terrorism is just bull, they really only want it for immigration purposes. ....
So in other words all the waffle about it being to fight terrorism is just bull, they really only want it for immigration purposes. ....
Apr 4th 2004, 3:07 am
#20
Howling at the Moon
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: Incline Village, NV
Posts: 3,742
Re: Suprise Suprise
Originally posted by Pulaski
No, not at all. That might be a side effect, but tracking those coming and going would include terrorists that come and go too.
No, not at all. That might be a side effect, but tracking those coming and going would include terrorists that come and go too.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040402/325/eq7hk.html
I liked the part about the supposed quote "protecting the American public from British novelists".
