Iris Scanning To Begin At Orlando International Airport

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Original sender's name: Anna Webb

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>FYI - Anna

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>>> local6.com

>>> Iris Scanning To Begin At Orlando International Airport

>>> POSTED: 11:14 pm EDT May 11, 2005

>>> UPDATED: 12:39 pm EDT May 12, 2005

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>>> ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida's busiest airport will begin using high-tech

>>> iris-scanning technology to filter out possible terrorists and add an

>>> additional layer of security, according to Local 6 News.

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>FYI - Anna

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>POSTED: 11:14 pm EDT May 11, 2005

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>UPDATED: 12:39 pm EDT May 12, 2005

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><bold>ORLANDO, Fla. -- </bold>Florida's busiest airport will begin

>using high-tech iris-scanning technology to filter out possible

>terrorists and add an additional layer of security, according to Local

>6 News.

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>>> Workers and other people at Orlando International Airport will have

>>> both irises scanned at special computers to determine their identity.

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>>> " This will be an additional layer of information that is enrolled,

>>> which will be biometric information, " OIA director of security

>>> Brigitte Rivera Goersch said. " Employees irises will be enrolled for

>>> the additional layer of security. "

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>>> The Airport Access Control Pilot Program or AACPP is a first of its

>>> kind, according to the report.

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>>> A person would be required to stand in front of a special mirror and

>>> have both eyes scanned.

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>>> " It has to verify both irises, not just one iris, " Goersch.

>>> " Statistically it is very reliable. Iris scanners -- the technology

>>> of iris scanning -- is considered one of the most reliable biometric

>>> technologies. "

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>>> " You know just like we did with the airplanes with the cockpit doors

>>> and air marshals and all of that kind of stuff, " federal security

>>> director Art Meinke said. It is just another step to try to figure

>>> out what can we do better. "

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>>> Local 6 News reported that the 90-day test could be expanded and

>>> eventually moved to airports throughout the nation.

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>>> Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

>>> http://www.local6.com/news/4479554/detail.html

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>Workers and other people at Orlando International Airport will have

>both irises scanned at special computers to determine their identity.

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> " This will be an additional layer of information that is enrolled,

>which will be biometric information, " OIA director of security

>Brigitte Rivera Goersch said. " Employees irises will be enrolled for

>the additional layer of security. "

>

>

>The Airport Access Control Pilot Program or AACPP is a first of its

>kind, according to the report.

>

>

>A person would be required to stand in front of a special mirror and

>have both eyes scanned.

>

>

> " It has to verify both irises, not just one iris, " Goersch.

> " Statistically it is very reliable. Iris scanners -- the technology of

>iris scanning -- is considered one of the most reliable biometric

>technologies. "

>

>

> " You know just like we did with the airplanes with the cockpit doors

>and air marshals and all of that kind of stuff, " federal security

>director Art Meinke said. It is just another step to try to figure out

>what can we do better. "

>

>

>Local 6 News reported that the 90-day test could be expanded and

>eventually moved to airports throughout the nation.

>

>

>Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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