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Southwest Airline pilots lobby Congress on biometrics

Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association spent $40,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby Congress on using biometric technology for airport security, according to a news report from the Associated Press.

The union said it lobbied on a bill that would have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to study how airports could use fingerprints and iris scans to identify airport employees before they enter areas.

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