> Fuck anyone who uses 9/11 as an excuse to reduce anyone's civil liberties Whilst I agree that the reference to 9/11 was a cheap excuse - I think all of the t

> Fuck anyone who uses 9/11 as an excuse to reduce anyone's civil liberties Whilst I agree that the reference to 9/11 was a cheap excuse - I think all of the terrorists had entered the US legally, and these changes would stop nothing. But what civil liberties are being taken away by these kiosks or lack of the kiosks? They're being removed because they don't verify the person with them is the passport holder - apart from that they capture/process/store the same information as a 'manual' passport inspection. The passport holders photo, passport details and entry/exit details are all held on database - or am I missing something?