Which company got the contract for the Biometrics at the airports?

[Gin]

all of a sudden...it's in place and happening. Does Halliburton or B&R do that too? Or...is Diebold into this also?

[Robb]

1. According to this, a Repub

According to this article, one guy's company in Florida is making about 1/3 of the devices, and Identix is making $2.3 million worth:

Many foreign tourists making their way through Palm Beach and St. Lucie international airports this winter will be pressing flesh with one of Ted Johnson's devices.

When the U.S.-VISIT program finally kicked in at airports and seaports around the country this week, fingerprint scanners developed by Johnson's Cross Match Technologies in Palm Beach Gardens were in operation.

Aaaaand, from opensecrets.org, his recent donations:

JOHNSON, THEODORE M
PALM BEACH GARDENS,FLÊ33410 Ê
6/11/2001
$500
National Republican Congressional Cmte

JOHNSON, THEODORE M
PALM BEACH,FLÊ33480
SELF EMPLOYED/BUSINESS OWNER
5/30/2002
$1,000
Shaw, E Clay Jr (R-FL)

JOHNSON, THEODORE M
PALM BEACH GARDENS,FLÊ33410 Ê
12/18/2001
$700
National Republican Congressional Cmte


I couldn't find who has the rest of the contracts, but it can't be too difficult a search. I'd check at opensecrets for the Identix management team, if I had a faster connection.

[Gin]

2. thanks...... I will check too

gin