White House Readying New Presidential Directive on Biometrics

By Sebastian Sprenger / May 22, 2008 at 5:00 AM
White House officials are finalizing a new presidential directive aimed at improving the sharing of biometric data of suspected terrorists among federal agencies, sources tell InsideDefense.com . Members of the Homeland Security Council's Deputies Committee, a sub-Cabinet-level group, approved a draft of the document "within the past weeks," according to a government source. The directive likely will be published in the form of a homeland security presidential directive, or HSPD, sources said. The document will institute processes for improved information...

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