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In Your Face Security

NPR

Published December 6, 2001 at 12:00 AM EST

The Pelco DX 9000 Plus face recognition device takes pictures of airline passengers, then compares those pictures to its database of several hundred known terrorists. The system is being used for the first time at the airport in Fresno, Calif.

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The Associated Press

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