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US House intelligence report urges CBP to use land border biometrics to ‘build profiles’

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Twenty-five years after the 9/11 Commission called for a biometric system capable of tracking foreign nationals entering and leaving the U.S., the House Intelligence Committee says the government still has not finished the job and is urging Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to expand biometric collection at land borders so it can track travelers and “build profiles.” The recommendation is contained in a new House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence review of the intelligence reforms adopted after the September 11 attacks. The committee concludes that a comprehensive biometric entry-exit system remains one of the major unfinished pieces of the post-9/11 security architecture. The report recommends that foreign nationals traveling to and from the U.S. pass through controls at both admission and departure, similar to systems used in Europe’s Schengen Area, allowing the government to determine “who is in the country, for how long, why, and when they leave.” It goes further at the

First report: House Intelligence Committee warns AI could be next 9/11-style blind spot — newsnationnow.com, 14d