Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy as in the U.S.. |
It is my understanding from briefings that I have had with high-level sources within the intelligence organizations of this country that at least two of the identified terrorists so far were people known to intelligence and immigration agencies. |
We don't have the fingerprints of terrorist groups. But we do have the pictures of terrorist groups. |
We had the intelligence data; there just was no system in place to intercept them as they were entering the country or as they were boarding the planes. |