Ridge: U.S. and E.U. Should Pioneer Biometrics - Reuters
The United States and the European Union should lead the world in setting international standards for biometrics such as facial recognition technology, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on Wednesday. Ridge said agreement between America and Europe on ways to combine fingerprints and facial recognition in travel documents could lead to a global standard...He added: "The United States and the European Union can be pioneers, and we're convinced that if we unite, that will make a global agreement easier."